Diphtheria has killed no fewer than 600 persons since the beginning of the current outbreak in December 2022, the Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib, has said. He stated this yesterday in Abuja during the third quarter 2023 review meeting of the Northern Traditional Leaders Committee (NTLC) on primary health care delivery. He said over 14,000 suspected cases had been recorded during the period with over 10,000 of them recorded in Kano. He said the disease had spread to 19 states and the…
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