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Bauchi State government has announced that a total of 26 deaths were recorded from confirmed cases of diphtheria.
The state government announced the outbreak of diphtheria, a highly contagious fever-like disease that mostly affects children earlier this year. Outbreaks of the disease were reported across northern Nigeria.
An official of the State Ministry of Health on Saturday said that the situation had reached an alarming stage and all efforts to curb the menace had been put in place.
Similarly, the executive chairman of Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (BASPHCDA), Rilwanu Mohammed, said the state government is doing everything possible to put an end to the disease.
Mr Mohammed stated this at the USAID Integrated Health Programme (USAID-IHP) one-day media engagement on the 2023 Bauchi state budget performance held on Thursday in Bauchi.
“Out of the number of deaths, four were confirmed diphtheria cases while the remaining 22 were signs, symptoms and complications of diphtheria following the results of the tests conducted”, he added.
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