ABC News – Australia ·australia ·2 hours ago

Breaking: Second person with diphtheria dies in the NT amid ongoing outbreak

A man in his early 60s from Central Australia died at Alice Springs Hospital yesterday, becoming the second diphtheria death in the Northern Territory this month. The NT Health Department declared an outbreak in March, the first since the 1990s. Australia has recorded at least 242 diphtheria cases this year across multiple states.

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