Nigeria: Four Die of Whooping Cough in Yobe

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Nigeria: Four Die of Whooping Cough in Yobe
By Hamisu Kabir Matazu, 14 March 2013

Damaturu ? Four children have died from whooping cough in Yobe State in the last 10 weeks and this is out of the 359 cases recorded so far recorded in the state, Daily Trust has found. All the deaths were recorded in Machina local government area...

 

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Re: Nigeria: Four Die of Whooping Cough in Yobe

Source: http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/inde...les-cough-in-yobe&catid=1:national&Itemid=559

Eight die of measles, cough in Yobe
Thursday, 14 March 2013 00:00 From Njadvara Musa, Damaturu News -

DEPUTY Governor of Yobe State, Alhaji Abubakar D. Aliyu, has explained that only eight children died of measles and whooping cough and not 87, while the 498 cases recorded in 14 council areas of the state are being treated at the various health centres and clinics...

...On the recent outbreak of whooping cough, he disclosed that the Yobe State Epidemiology Unit (YOEU) has recorded 137 cases in the council areas of Machina, Fune, Bursari, Bade, Nangere, Yunusari, Potiskum and Gulani, 160 kilometres south of Damaturu, the state capital...