{"id":21174,"date":"2024-02-28T11:29:16","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T11:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=21174"},"modified":"2024-02-28T11:29:16","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T11:29:16","slug":"20-students-dead-as-suspected-meningitis-outbreak-hit-yobe-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/02\/28\/20-students-dead-as-suspected-meningitis-outbreak-hit-yobe-state\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Students Dead As Suspected Meningitis Outbreak Hit Yobe State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At least 20 students have died in suspected meningitis outbreaks across three boarding girls&#8217; secondary schools and the Federal Government Girls\u2019 College in Potiskum and Fika local government areas of Yobe State.<\/p>\n<p>The Yobe State Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Mohammed Sani-Idris, confirmed the deaths, stating that efforts are underway to combat the spread.<\/p>\n<p>Officials, including the Commissioner, have relocated temporarily to Potiskum and implemented proactive measures, such as assigning teachers to monitor students&#8217; health around the clock and establishing isolation centers in schools.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Mai Mala Buni directed the Ministry of Health to investigate the outbreak and provide medical assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Idriss emphasized the importance of student well-being and the need for effective remedies for those affected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 20 students have died in suspected meningitis outbreaks across three boarding girls&#8217; secondary schools and the Federal Government Girls\u2019 College in Potiskum and Fika local government areas of Yobe State. The Yobe State Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Mohammed Sani-Idris, confirmed the deaths, stating that efforts are underway to combat the spread. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":21176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[184],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21174"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21180,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21174\/revisions\/21180"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}