UNICEF urges passenger screening at Owerri Airport as diphtheria outbreak hits Imo

Sodiq Ojuroungbe The United Nations Children’s Fund has called for regular medical screening of arriving passengers at the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Owerri, the Imo State capital as part of heightened emergency response measures to stem the spread of diphtheria in the state. The advisory follows the recent outbreak of the deadly bacterial infection [...]The post UNICEF urges passenger screening at Owerri Airport as diphtheria outbreak hits Imo appeared first on Healthwise.

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