The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says six confirmed cases of diphtheria have been recorded in Nigeria as of ...

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported 41,336 suspected diphtheria cases across the country. Diphtheria is ...

Here’s also how to get tested in your area if you suspect you have diphtheria disease. Get tested even if you’re not showing any symptoms as you can still carry the disease without exhibiting ...

This is in order for them to arm themselves and know all the symptoms to look out for. Even though diphtheria disease can affect anyone, two categories of people who are mostly at risk.

Diphtheria is a severe bacterial illness that often affects the mucous membranes of the nose and throat. The NICD said its symptoms include: "A sore throat, low-grade fever, a sticky membrane in ...

Diphtheria’s has always been smaller. But its primary victims have always been children under the age of five. 3. COVID-19 kills by defeating a variety of body symptoms, but mostly by attacking ...

In January 1925, it wasn’t the cold that sent shivers down the spine of Curtis Welch, the only doctor in Nome, Alaska (population 1,400). It was the realization children were dying from an outbreak of ...

According to the World Health Organization, the symptoms of diphtheria usually begin two to five days after exposure to the bacteria. Typical symptoms of the infection include a sore throat ...