Meanwhile, the Group Leader, Bacteriology Unit, Centre for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Disease, College of Health Sciences, Ladoke Akintola the University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Prof. Adekunle Olowe, has called on government at all levels to intensify sensitisation of the public on diphtheria to curb further spread of the disease.
One of the richest persons globally, Bill Gates, has been linked to the outbreak of diphtheria in Nigeria. But the claim is incorrect, a fact check has found.
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