Nigeria health minister don yarn say the outbreak of meningitis for the country don end, but na only after e don pooff 1 ,166 people , most ’, of ’ them children .
“We have formally declared the meningitis outbreak over ,” Isaac Adewole yarn reporters for Abuja on Wednesday .
“A total of 14 ,518 suspected cases of meningitis were reported from 25 states , with 1, 166 deaths, ” na so the centre yarn for dem statement .
Vaccination campaigns been dey carried out for Zamfara , Sokoto, Yobe and Katsina states na the worst affected by the outbreak .
Meningitis dey caused by different types of bacteria , six of which fir cause epidemics . e dey transmitted between people through coughs and sneezes , close contact and poor living conditions .
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