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Diphtheria outbreak in Nigeria kills 25

Nigeria Health Minister Osagie Ehanire. [Twitter]

Nigerian health authorities confirmed an outbreak of diphtheria Friday and reported that 25 people, most of them children, have died so far in one of the worst-hit states in the country's north.

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