23 people have di£d and 143 suspected cases of infection have been recorded as a diphtheria outbreak sweeps across the Plateau over the last two weeks.
Plateau State Commissioner for Health, Nicholas Baamlong disclosed this in an interview with journalists in Jos on Tuesday, September 1.
According to Baamlong, the state government and his ministry had intensified efforts to contain the spread of the infectious disease.
He said this included the immediate quarantine of identified patients while they receive treatment at Jos University Teaching Hospital and Plateau Specialist Hospital.
