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HIGHLIGHTS
As of 26 Could, 2024, 40,929 suspected instances of diphtheria have been reported since 2023 throughout seven international locations: Cameroon, Gabon, Guinea, Nigeria, Niger, Mauritania, and South Africa.
Mauritania has not reported instances since epidemiological week 44 of 2023, and the outbreak in Pollsmoor Jail, Western Cape Province, South Africa, has been efficiently contained. Equally, Cameroon has not reported instances since 7 January, 2024.
The diphtheria outbreak is now not energetic in Cameroon, Mauritania, and South Africa.
Nigeria was essentially the most severely affected, accounting for 78% of instances and 70% of deaths.
Current epidemiological traits point out a slight improve in weekly instances in Guinea and Niger over the previous two weeks. Total, a declining pattern is noticed within the different affected international locations.
Guinea stays a precedence nation, nonetheless categorised as Grade 2. The grade has been eliminated for the opposite international locations, however shut monitoring continues.
