KANO – More than 100 patients infected by diphtheria are currently receiving treatment at two isolation centres in Kano, as officials said the disease has spread to 31 of the local councils of the state.
The State Epidemiologist, Dr. Abdullahi Kauranmata, disclosed that over 2,000 cases had been managed and discharged since the disease surfaced in December 2022.
He told newsmen in Kano that the government had established two centres for effective management of the cases.
The epidemiologist said efforts were on to contain further spread of the contiguous disease, adding that a contact tracing team has been constituted.
Kauranmata said that the state government was renewing its immunisation campaign to manage the outbreak of Diphtheria and other infectious diseases.
