Diphtheria: Four children dead, 28 hospitalised in Kano

A fresh outbreak of diphtheria disease has reportedly killed four children in villages in the Mingibir Local Government Area of Kano State.

28 others were said to have been hospitalised, according to a statement issued on Thursday by the Information Officer of the local government, Tasiu Dadin-Duniya, Punch reports.

According to the statement, the children contracted the disease in Kwarkiya, Kuru, Kunya and Minjibir Villages in Minjibir Local Government Area of the state.

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