The increase in Lagos' cases follows the recent outbreak at Kings College Lagos, where 14 students were infected, and one ...

The Lagos State Government has convened a meeting of critical stakeholders in the health sector as concerns rise over a ...

Suspected diphtheria, a contagious bacterial infection that spreads through respiratory droplets outbreak noticed in King’s ...

He disclosed that an Emergency Operations Committee (EOC) has been activated to contain the outbreak and prevent undue ...

Says 34 contacts placed on observation…Govt activates EOC, appeals for calm… Mass vaccination of students to begin today By ...

Mr Abayomi noted that 12 of the infected students are responding well to antibiotics and diphtheria antitoxin therapy.

Diphtheria can lead to serious complications, such as respiratory failure, if left untreated. The outbreak thus far has ...

Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported that 1,319 people have died in the country’s ongoing diphtheria outbreak.

Parents of students at King’s College Lagos (KCL) have expressed concerns over a suspected diphtheria outbreak in the school, which ...

Following the outbreak, the Lagos State Government initiated an ... of them were fully vaccinated with a diphtheria toxoid-containing vaccine. The case fatality rate (CFR) among confirmed cases ...