Diphtheria: Kano govt rules out school closure over outbreak

The Kano State Government has ruled retired the closure oregon postponement of schoolhouse resumption implicit the ongoing outbreak of diphtheria successful the state.

The authorities said the existent concern does not warrant keeping children distant from school, adding that schools would resume arsenic scheduled.

The spokesperson for the authorities Ministry of Health, Nabilus Kofar-Naisa, said schools would reopen arsenic scheduled contempt decisions by immoderate states, including Plateau, to postpone resumption implicit concerns astir the disease.

Kofar-Naisa urged parents to guarantee that suspected cases were promptly taken to wellness facilities for attraction and to intimately show their children for symptoms of diphtheria.

He said, “Children showing symptoms should not beryllium allowed to premix with others until they person received due aesculapian attention.”

The spokesperson explained that portion neighbouring states had opted to postpone schoolhouse resumption due to the fact that of the outbreak, Kano would proceed with its resumption plans based connected the existent concern and complaint of diphtheria infections successful the state.

He urged parents to support a c...