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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Dyepkazah Shibayan

151 dead as Nigeria struggles with rapidly spreading outbreak

Health authorities in Nigeria are struggling to contain a rapidly spreading meningitis outbreak that has so far killed 151 people - with children affected the most.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported this week that cases, initially identified in October, have now spread to 23 of the country's 36 states. Nearly half of the fatalities (74) have occurred this year alone.

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