NCDC Records 789 Diphtheria Cases In Nigeria

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The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control NCDC, says it has recorded 789 cases of diphtheria in Nigeria as of June 30th.

In a statement on Thursday, the agency said cases were recorded in 33 LGAs across eight states — Kano, Lagos, Yobe, Katsina, Cross River, Kaduna, Osun and the federal capital territory FCT.

Most of the cases were recorded in Kano while 71.7 percent of the confirmed cases occurred among children aged two to 14 years.

To curtail the infection, the Nigeria childhood immunisation schedule recommends t  hree doses of pentavalent vaccine that is diphtheria toxoid-containing vaccine for children in the 6th, 10th and 14th week of life.