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‘This is serious’: respiratory disease outbreak spreads

DIPHTHERIA: NT Health is urging people to get vaccinated with confirmed cases of diphtheria in Central Australia.
By Lloyd Jones/AAP/GLADYS BARRETA

One of Australia's worst diphtheria outbreaks has spread across three states amid fears the respiratory disease has claimed a life […]

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