This happens, when you stop vaccinating. Long forgotten diseases return and cause disease and deaths. #diphteria #vaccine #vaccination #vaccines

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c759q6y26w3o

Diphtheria outbreak: Australia records first death amid worst outbreak in decades

Most cases are in the Northern Territory with some also in Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland.

BBC News

#Diphteria, another deadly infectious disease that we have forgotten about, because we have effective #vaccines.

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2311981

Diphtheria: Causes and How It Spreads | CDC

Diphtheria is spread (transmitted) from person to person, usually through respiratory droplets, from coughing or sneezing. Rarely, spreading may occur from skin lesions...

Communicable disease threats report, 31 July-6 August, week 31

This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 31 July-6 August and includes updates on West Nile virus infection, monkeypox, COVID-19, cholera, diphteria, anthrax, Vibrio growth, Marburg virus disease, mass gatherings at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth games, MERS-CoV, and Poliovirus.

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control