Meningitis Outbreak In Nigeria: Death Toll Rises To 328 In 16 States

The Federal Ministry of Health has issued open consultative cautioning to Nigerians as the quantity of passings related with cerebrospinal meningitis episode ascends to 328 in 90 Local Government Areas in 16 states including Zamfara, Katsina, Sokoto, Kebbi, Niger, Nassarawa, Jigawa, FCT, Gombe, Taraba , Yobe, Kano, Osun, Cross Rivers, Lagos and Plateau.

Priest of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole, who uncovered this in a press proclamation issued on Saturday, April 1, by Mrs Boade Akinola, Director, Media and Public Relations, said 328 passings related with Meningitis have been recorded since November 2016.

Prof Adewole guaranteed Nigerians that the Federal Ministry of Health under his domain would nip the flare-up of meningitis desolating a few states in the bud.

He made this self-assured feeling about the capacity of the Federal government after his service issued open consultative cautioning to Nigerians. He additionally talked widely on endeavors utilized and conveyed so far to shorten the further spread of the pandemic.