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 ...

Lagos State Government has activated its Emergency Response Committee following a diphtheria outbreak in the boarding house of King’s College, Lagos, Victoria Island Annex. The Commissioner for Health ...

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

The Paediatric Association of Nigeria has decried the outbreak of vaccine-preventable diseases such as diphtheria and ...

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

The Lagos State Ministry of Health has commenced a diphtheria vaccination at King’s College, Victoria Island annexe, to ...

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

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

A diphtheria outbreak at King’s College, Lagos (KCL), has sparked outrage among parents, who blamed poor sanitation and ...

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 ...