No fewer than four children have been reported dead in Nasarawa State after contracting the diphtheria disease
This has prompted the state government to commence contact tracing of children who have had contact with the deceased to offer them medication.
The State Health Educator, Ishaya Amegwa, disclosed this during the State Social Mobilisation Technical Working Group meeting in Lafia, the state capital, on Wednesday.
Amegwa, who disclosed that the state government was collaborating with the World Health Organisation, urged parents and guardians to avail their children of routine vaccinations in the state to guard against diseases.
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This is so unfortunate
Oh no!
RIP to the dead