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<p>Kano State Government said over 520 children feared dead in a recent diphtheria out break in the state.</p>
<p>Director General Kano state Primary HealthCare management Board Dr. Muhammed Nasir Mahmoud confirmed this while speaking at a one day media orientation for media practitioner on diphtheria outbreak in Kano held on Tuesday.</p>
<p>He said since the outbreak of the disease in December 2022 kano state has recorded 8700 suspected cases out of which 6300 were confirmed cases.</p><div class="aMcQyNWl" style="clear:both;float:left;width:100%;margin:0 0 20px 0;"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>

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<p>He said out of the 44 LGAs of Kano state, the Diphtheria disease has spread to 39 LGAs with eight most affected where zero routine immunization was recorded.</p>
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<p>According to him&#8221; only 27% children were fully vaccinated, 7.5% partly vaccinated, 59.9% not vaccinated and 5.5% unknown&#8221;</p>
<p>He said Kano state government with support from Federal Government and development partners are working closely to end the disease by December, 2023.</p>
<p>UNICEF Health Manager Dr. Serekeberehan S. Deres said the situation of children who have not received a single doses of immunization is critical, totally unacceptable and urgently need to be addressed.</p>
<p>According to NCDC &#8220;data shows, 60,7 per cent of confirmed cases of Diphtheria are zero-dose, meaning they have not been vaccinated at all&#8221;</p>
<p>He said some of the symptoms of the disease include, sore throat, difficulty in breath or rapid breathing, nasal discharge, fever and chills.</p>
<p>He noted that Nigeria needs to strengthen the Routine Immunization coverage to<br />
address this challenge.</p>
<p>Dr Deres therefore called on the participants to be in the vanguard of sensitizing and mobilizing caregivers, government, families, communities, and everyone, on the importance of Routine Immunization.</p>
<p>It was reported that 80% of diphtheria cases was recorded in Kano state and out of which 60.8 are children.</p>
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