00:00And in Senegal, a diphtheria outbreak has affected 60 districts across the country, leaving at least 14 people dead.
00:07The Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene confirmed the death of 14 people as a result of a rapidly spreading
00:15epidemic
00:15that has already affected 60 districts across the country.
00:19According to the most recent epidemiological report, authorities confirmed 368 cases,
00:25most of which are in Dakar, Coaglak and Diorbel regions.
00:30The government urges the public to review prevention and care protocols,
00:35warning of the high contagiousness of the bacterial infection, which seriously compromises the respiratory tract.
