Kaduna records 156 infections, 20 diphtheria deaths in seven months – Official

Kaduna State has recorded 156 cases of diphtheria and 20 deaths connected to the infections between March and September.

The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Faisal Shu’aib, disclosed this in Kaduna, the state capital, on Wednesday.

He told journalists after he led the National Task Team on diphtheria outbreak response to the Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital, Kaduna, that the state ranked among the seven states with high levels of infection.

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