{"id":157073,"date":"2022-03-04T14:29:41","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T13:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=157073"},"modified":"2022-03-04T14:29:41","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T13:29:41","slug":"nigeria-announces-measles-outbreak-in-8-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/04\/nigeria-announces-measles-outbreak-in-8-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria announces measles outbreak in 8 states"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed a measles epidemic in eight states throughout the country.<\/p>\n<p>The NCDC announced on Friday that Jigawa, Anambra, Katsina, Rivers, Enugu, Delta, Osun, and Sokoto are among the eight states impacted, with 908 suspected cases registered so far.<\/p>\n<p>Measles is a highly infectious viral illness that is especially frequent among children.<\/p>\n<p>The main <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/07\/20\/cholera-outbreak-hits-jigawa-kills-30\/\">symptoms<\/a> of measles are red-brown blotchy rashes and cold-like symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>Measles is spread through coughs and sneezes and is usually contacted before the symptoms fully develop.<\/p>\n<p>The Public Health Agency also stated that there was an ongoing outbreak of measles in Zamfara, which had not been confirmed due to a lack of testing reagents.<\/p>\n<p>It said that 58.7 percent of confirmed cases were those that had not been vaccinated, adding that as of 2021, a total of 15,792 suspected cases were reported across 683 local government areas (LGAs) across the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo far this year, a total of 908 suspected cases have been reported in 29 states and the Federal Capital Territory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThirteen LGAs across eight states have recorded an outbreak of measles in 2022. The states are Jigawa, Katsina, Rivers, Enugu, Anambra, Delta, Osun and Sokoto.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is an ongoing outbreak of suspected measles cases in Zamfara, but this is awaiting confirmation due to lack of its testing kits in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBorno, Jigawa, Katsina, Kebbi, Kwara, and Anambra accounted for 55.2 percent of the 908 suspected cases reported so far. Up to 58.7 percent of the confirmed cases have not received a dose of measles vaccine,\u201d it explained.<\/p>\n<p>The NCDC stated that 100 percent of cases recorded in Jigawa, Sokoto, Enugu and Katsina were not vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>The agency also said that 54.4 percent were not vaccinated in Borno; 50 percent in Akwa Ibom; 66.7 percent in Delta; 50 percent in Ekiti; 25 percent in Lagos; 83.3 percent in Osun; 8.3 percent in Oyo; and 50 percent in Rivers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf the 908 suspected cases reported, 88 were laboratory confirmed, 166 clinically compatible, 148 were discarded and 506 are pending classification,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>NAN reports that between January and August 2021, there were 67,000 cases of measles across the country.<\/p>\n<p>In the previous year, the number of measles cases reached 9,300.<\/p>\n<p>The World Health Organisation said in 2018, about 140,000 deaths from measles were recorded worldwide, adding that majority of the deaths were registered in countries with low income and weak health facilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed a measles epidemic in eight states throughout the country. The NCDC announced on Friday that Jigawa, Anambra, Katsina, Rivers, Enugu, Delta, Osun, and Sokoto are among the eight states impacted, with 908 suspected cases registered so far. 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