Meningitis kills over 1,000 in Nigeria
Monday 04 March 1996 00:02 GMT
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Meningitis kills over 1,000 in Nigeria
Lagos - An outbreak of spinal meningitis has killed 1,273 people in northern Nigeria since January, the military government said, adding that about 20 million Nigerians living in and around Kano state could be at risk. The Ministry of Health said 9,401 people had contracted spinal meningitis in the north since January. AP
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