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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Diane Taylor and Peter Walker

MRSA reported at Manston in migrant who tested positive for diphtheria

A covertly taken picture of conditions at Manston asylum processing centre.
A covertly taken picture of conditions at Manston asylum processing centre. Photograph: -

A case of MRSA has been reported at the congested asylum processing centre at Manston in Kent, the Guardian has learned, after it emerged that Suella Braverman ignored advice that people were being kept at the centre unlawfully.

The antibiotic-resistant bacteria was identified in an asylum seeker who initially tested positive for diphtheria. But the asylum seeker was moved out of the site in Ramsgate to a hotel hundreds of miles away before the positive test result was received, raising concerns about the spread of the infection.

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