Diphtheria cases reach 9,478 across 20 states, 4.8m vaccinated –NPHCDA
The federal government has said the ongoing outbreak of diphtheria has affected 9,478 children across the 20 affected states, with 4,859,181 children vaccinated against it in the response. The executive director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib, disclosed this yesterday at a press briefing by the National Diphtheria Emergency Task Team, in Abuja. He said, …