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Meningitis outbreak kills 20 in northern Nigeria

Abuja, Feb 29 (Prensa Latina) The outbreak, unexpected as usual, of meningitis in northern Nigeria, took the lives of 20 students, official sources reported in a statement circulated in this capital.

The number of deaths, all secondary school students, is provisional, health authorities in the area said, according to which the number of reported cases exceeds one hundred,

Of those infected, three are in intensive care and their prognosis is guarded, the Yobe state education commissioner (northeast) said.

Outbreaks of the lethal disease occur frequently in Nigeria. The most recent reports of the illness date back, between October 1, 2022, and April 16, 2023, when Meningitis took the lives of 124 patients.

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