Diphtheria -- Venezuela
The governor of Bolivar state, Venezuela, Francisco Rangel Gómez, confirmed this week that there are 13 cases of diphtheria in the town of San Antonio, Sifontes municipality, according to a report from El Diario de Guayana (computer translated).
The Venezuelan Society of Public Health says diphtheria was eradicated in Venezuela in the late 1940s. Officials state they have the vaccines and medicines to prevent and combat the outbreak.
Bolivar state is also the region in Venezuela most
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