Nigeria Meningitis Death Toll Tops 1,000

11 May 2017

More than 1,000 people have died in an outbreak of meningitis in Nigeria, the Centre for Disease Control said Thursday, but added that the spread of the disease is slowing.

The outbreak has mostly affected children in Africa's most populous country.

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