29th February, 2024
At least 20 boarding school students in Yobe State have been killed in a meningitis outbreak while hundreds have been infected.
The State Education commissioner, Mohammed Sani Idriss who disclosed this, said : “We have recorded an outbreak of meningitis in six secondary schools in the state which led to the death of 20 students out of the 473 infected.
“The epicentre of the outbreak is the city of Potiskum and its Government Technical College has been worst hit, accounting for 17 of the deaths.
“The schools are under medical surveillance with isolation centres and emergency care facilities, he said.
“The situation is under control because we have not recorded any new cases in the past two days while 370 of those hospitalised have recovered and been discharged”.