The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has announced an outbreak of measles in Rivers State and seven other states.
The Commission, made the announcement on its official website on Friday.
It stated that 908 cases have so far been reported in the affected states which includes, Rivers, Jigawa, Katsina, Anambra, Enugu, Delta, Sokoto and Osun.
It also noted that the outbreak of the disease in Zamfara state has not been confirmed due to lack of testing reagents.
The commission, explained that 58.7 per cent of confirmed cases were those that had not been vaccinated, adding that as at 2021, a total of 15,792 suspected cases were reported across 683 local government areas.
“So far this year, a total of 908 suspected cases have been reported in 29 states and the Federal Capital Territory,” it said.
“Thirteen LGAs across eight states have recorded an outbreak of measles in 2022. The states are Jigawa, Katsina, Rivers, Enugu, Anambra, Delta, Osun and Sokoto.
“There is an ongoing outbreak of suspected measles cases in Zamfara, but this is awaiting confirmation due to lack of its testing kits in the country, the NCDC added.
