The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, on Friday, revealed that the country is responding to various disease outbreaks apart from Lassa fever, noting that diphtheria, measles, and meningitis claimed 711 lives between 2022 and 2024.
This was made known by the NCDC Director General, Dr Jide Idris during a press briefing in Abuja on Friday.
He said Nigeria has recorded 507 cases of meningitis and 63 deaths since October 2023; 16,248 cases of diphtheria and 646 deaths since 2022.
According to him, as of the first five weeks of 2024, the country recorded 516 confirmed cases of measles and two deaths.
