DAILY TRUST NEWS
The Ondo state government has alerted residents on avoiding diphtheria, saying everyone is at risk of being infected with the disease.
In a statement issued on Monday in Akure, the state capital, the Special Adviser to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu on health, Dayo Faduyile, said the viral disease is a life-threatening infection caused by bacteria.
According to him, the disease is usually caused by a bacteria called Corynebacterium diphtheriae.
He listed the signs and symptoms of the disease to include sore throats, which can be mild or severe, scratchy and painful, with a thick grey or white membrane that covers the back of the throat and tonsils.
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