The Chief Medical Director at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Dr Wasiu Adeyemo, says the students of King’s College, Annex, Lagos, who had diphtheria and were brought into the facility on ...

Mr Adeyemo stated that the students' health had been assessed and confirmed to be stable, making them medically fit to be ...

Mr Abayomi noted that 12 of the infected students are responding well to antibiotics and diphtheria antitoxin therapy.

Lagos State Government has activated its Emergency Response Committee following a diphtheria outbreak in the boarding house of King’s College, Lagos, Victoria Island Annex. The Commissioner for Health ...

The Lagos State Government has since declared an emergency in the school and commenced vaccination of all the students and staff.The Principal of Kings College, Lagos, Mogaji Zakaria, says the school ...

Suspected diphtheria, a contagious bacterial infection that spreads through respiratory droplets outbreak noticed in King’s ...

Parents had earlier raised concerns over the suspected outbreak after reports emerged of multiple students exhibiting ...

NAN also recalls that the reports about the disease in the College started sometime in November/December 2024Following the Diphtheria outbreak at Kings College, Lagos, a Consultant Psychiatrist, ...

He disclosed that an Emergency Operations Committee (EOC) has been activated to contain the outbreak and prevent undue ...