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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Holly Bancroft

Asylum seekers hospitalised with diphtheria as monthly infections rise by 50% after Manston centre death

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Two asylum seekers have been hospitalised with diphtheria following a 50 per cent rise in cases of the infectious disease in the past month, new data has revealed.

It comes after the Home Office confirmed that a man who died after staying at the Manston processing centre did have diphtheria.

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