JosHealth officials confirmed 23 deaths before closure.
It cuts off school meals for thousands of children.
Diphtheria needs about 80% vaccine coverage to stay suppressed, a threshold Nigeria’s north has missed for years.
Antitoxin shortages, not diagnosis, will decide how many more die.
How each outlet framed it
- Premium Times Nigeria
- cites 143 suspected diphtheria cases across four specific LGAs and ties school closure to rising death toll
Sources: Premium Times Nigeria