Nigeria: Meningitis, Lassa fever kill 338

The total death toll from the outbreak of cerebro-spinal meningitis and lassa fever in Nigeria has risen from 300 last month to 338, according to the Minister of Health, Babatunde Osotimehin. The Minister told journalists in the capital city of Abuja on Wednesday that 333 people have died from meningitis, which has broken out in 22 of the country's 36 states, while five persons have died from the 12 cases of lassa fever.