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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rob Merrick

Health chiefs acted to stop diphtheria outbreak at asylum centre, minister insists

REUTERS

More than 500 people at the Manston asylum centre were vaccinated against diphtheria, the health secretary says, after controversy over their removal to hotels.

Suella Braverman, the home secretary, is under fresh pressure after a report that more than 70 people suspected to have the highly-contagious disease were relocated across the country.

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