Over 1,300 diphtheria deaths recorded nationwide, as vaccination gaps persist – NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says 1,319 deaths have been recorded in Nigeria’s ongoing diphtheria outbreak. The NCDC gave the figure in its latest situation report from the National Diphtheria Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) published on Sunday via its official website. Diphtheria is a serious bacterial......