Meanwhile, the Group Leader, Bacteriology Unit, Centre for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Disease, College of Health Sciences, Ladoke Akintola the University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Prof. Adekunle Olowe, has called on government at all levels to intensify sensitisation of the public on diphtheria to curb further spread of the disease.
Osun State Government has directed health officers in the State to begin immediate activation of the State Emergency Response Center to curb any further