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Diphtheria cases rise to 4,717 in Kano, 13 others

Nigeria is currently facing a second wave of a diphtheria outbreak after a first wave of the outbreak was recorded between week 52 in 2022 and May 2023.

This was according to the situation report of the disease obtained from the World Health Organisation on Thursday, as there is an increase in the affected population with a rise in the number of confirmed cases and related deaths.

The report showed that no fewer than 4,717 diphtheria cases out of the 8,353 suspected cases have been reported in Nigeria since the outbreak was first reported in 2022.

It said the majority of suspected cases were reported from Kano, Katsina, Yobe, Bauchi, Kaduna, and Borno states.

The report revealed that between June 30 and August 31, 2023, Nigeria recorded an unusual increase in the number of confirmed diphtheria cases from 59 Local Government Areas in 11 states across the country.

However, public health measures such as vaccination response, enhanced surveillance for early case detection, case management, and risk communication coordinated by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, in collaboration with WHO and other partners, are being implemented in response to the outbreak.

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