Diptheria in NSW for first time in century

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https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/h...y/news-story/b55c1668ff0844efa301920bb7ac2589

Diphtheria case recorded in NSW, the first infection in a century


New South Wales has recorded its first case of diphtheria of the throat in a century, with a two-year-old child in intensive care.

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https://www.technologynetworks.com/...-is-becoming-a-global-threat-once-more-346451

Diphtheria - a relatively easily-preventable infection - is evolving to become resistant to a number of classes of antibiotics and in future could lead to vaccine escape, warn an international team of researchers from the UK and India.

The researchers, led by scientists at the University of Cambridge, say that the impact of COVID-19 on diphtheria vaccination schedules, coupled with a rise in the number of infections, risk the disease once more becoming a major global threat.