April 8, 2017 – Death Toll Of Meningitis In Nigeria At 438: CSM Disease Outbreak Kills 262 In Zamfara, 61 In Sokoto, 48 In Katsina & 2 In Lagos
The latest update from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Friday puts the death toll of Cerebrospinal Meningitis outbreak in the county at 438.
According to the NCDC, Zamfara state has the highest casualty figures. As at Wednesday the 5th of April 2017, the disease has killed 262 people in Zamfara.
Sokoto state came second with 61 deaths while Katsina recorded 48 deaths.
In Lagos state, the NCDC said the killer disease has killed two people.
The agency recorded a total of 3959 cases nationwide with many still under watch.
Medical experts have been deployed to the 5 most affected states to help curb the spread of the disease.
Fear meningitis, fear kidnapper, fear Xenophobic attacks, fear deportation, fear poverty, fear pastor fear, armed robbers, fear fear everywhere….is it a crime to be a Nigerian?
God Please Sir……!
They should cut the crap! In this age of herd immunity in which everyone uses antibiotics and where immunisation is relatively freely available they should stop lying to us about massive outbreak of Meningitis. It is sheer propaganda.
I heard they needed $1.1 billion to fight it. I’m certain they are trying to defraud Nigeria. Yes! It is a case of pure scam. Our public health physicians are at it again, trying to smile to the bank. The outbreak might even be their handwork.
The police, EFCC and DSS should take note.