Gombe launches emergency vaccination campaign after 332 diphtheria cases

The Gombe State Government has launched an exigency vaccination run aft 332 cases of diphtheria were recorded successful 4 section authorities areas.

The affected areas are Akko, Gombe, Kwami and Funakaye.

The authorities Ministry of Education has directed schoolhouse principals to enactment with wellness officials during the vaccination exercise.

The archetypal signifier of the immunisation programme volition tally from September 20 to 24, 2026.

The ministry said the 2nd dose would beryllium fixed 14 days aft the first, portion the 3rd and last dose would beryllium administered 7 days later.

School principals were besides asked to amended students, parents, Parent-Teacher Associations and School-Based Management Committees astir the vaccination exercise.

They were directed to let authorised wellness workers entree to students for vaccination and to enactment different measures aimed astatine stopping the dispersed of the disease.

Diphtheria is simply a highly contagious bacterial corruption that chiefly affects the precocious respiratory tract. It tin dispersed done respiratory droplets and adjacent interaction with an infected person.

The outbreak has led to accrued vaccination and consciousness campaigns successful schools and communities crossed the affected areas.

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