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80 die in meningitis outbreak

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    Meningitis has killed at least 80 people in the past week in central Niger State, AFP quoted state Health Commissioner Zagbayi Nuhu as saying in a radio broadcast on Monday.

    Another 200 people, from the municipalities of Lavum, Shiroro and Suleja, have been hospitalized, Nuhu said. The commissioner blamed the outbreak on overcrowding in villages and “intense heat” throughout the state, AFP reported.

    Recent reports said that at least 30 people had died after meningitis hit the northern state of Sokoto. Reports that some vaccines distributed by western agencies were contaminated have led to a fall in immunisation levels in some parts of the country.

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