Plateau reports 469 suspected diphtheria cases and 31 deaths
Plateau State has recorded 469 suspected diphtheria cases and 31 deaths, according to Health Commissioner Nicholas Ba’amlong. He said 160,000 children had been vaccinated as authorities intensified efforts to contain the outbreak. The supplied report does not provide a date range, district breakdown or laboratory confirmation figures.
Plateau State has recorded 469 suspected cases of diphtheria and 31 deaths, the state’s Commissioner for Health, Nicholas Ba’amlong, said, according to Premium Times. Ba’amlong said authorities had intensified efforts to contain the outbreak. As part of that response, 160,000 children had so far been vaccinated, he said.
The figures released by the commissioner refer to suspected cases; the supplied material does not state how many had been confirmed by laboratory testing. It also does not give the period covered by the case and death totals or identify the affected local government areas. The vaccination campaign is the only specific containment measure described in the available report.
No further information was supplied on treatment, additional vaccination targets, the number of people currently hospitalised or the source of the outbreak.
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