{
  "id": 3998275,
  "title": "Diphtheria: FG deploys 500,000 vaccine doses to Katsina, Kano",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/diphtheria-fg-deploys-500-000-vaccine-doses-to-katsina-kano",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-28T17:26:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/diphtheria-fg-deploys-500000-vaccine-doses-to-katsina-kano/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Federal Government has deployed 500,000 doses of diphtheria vaccines to Katsina and Kano states. This move is part of efforts to contain an outbreak of the disease among children in the two states.\n\nIn Kano, the state government has reported 32 diphtheria cases in Rano Local Government Area, with 29 deaths recorded between July 2023 and August 2024, according to the Kano State Centre for Disease Control. The centre's Director-General, Professor Muhammad Adamu Abbas, stated that 94 per cent of those affected had not been vaccinated and 91 per cent presented late for treatment.\n\nThe Kano State Government has also disputed reports of 50 diphtheria-related deaths in Rano, citing that the claim is not supported by their surveillance data.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "Rano recorded only two diphtheria deaths in 2026 – Kano",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/rano-recorded-only-two-diphtheria-deaths-in-2026-kano",
        "published": "2026-08-28T14:20:39.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "Diphtheria: FG deploys 500,000 vaccine doses to Katsina, Kano",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/diphtheria-fg-deploys-500-000-vaccine-doses-to-katsina-kano-4004075",
        "published": "2026-08-28T18:10:16.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}