Insight Diphtheria cases surge in England as disease kills three Posted onMay 23, 2023 Diphtheria is a highly contagious disease that spreads through close contact 7970312
Insight Small boat crossings ‘linked to sharp increase in diphtheria cases in UK’ Posted onApril 12, 2023 The European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases has published a report. 10044960
Insight Diphtheria cases confirmed at hotel housing asylum seekers Posted onDecember 22, 2022 The UK Health Security Agency says the risk posed to the wider public is low. 4538247
Insight NHS issues antibiotic-resistant diphtheria warning after cases found in Europe Posted onDecember 6, 2022 The European Center for Disease Control published a warning over antibiotic resistant cases of diptheria found in Switzerland and Germany 9645754
Insight Migrant with diphtheria who died at Manston centre named Posted onDecember 5, 2022 Husean Hseb died after arriving on a small boat seven days earlier. 4359402
Insight Diphtheria: Migrants with symptoms to be isolated Posted onNovember 28, 2022 Decision comes after death of a man at a processing centre may have been caused by the disease. 1560862
Insight UK asylum seekers with diphtheria symptoms to be held in ‘isolation hotels’ Posted onNovember 28, 2022 Facilities similar to those used during Covid pandemic will house people showing signs of contagious disease Asylum seekers showing diphtheria symptoms will be held in … 5199398
Insight More asylum seekers hospitalised with diphtheria as infections rise by 50% after Manston centre death Posted onNovember 28, 2022 Two asylum seekers have been hospitalised with diphtheria amid a 50 per cent rise in cases of the infectious disease in the past month, new … 1757608
Insight Health chiefs acted to stop diphtheria outbreak at asylum centre, minister insists Posted onNovember 28, 2022 Steve Barclay, the health secretary, denies negligence – arguing more than 500 people at Manston were vaccinated 9783958
Insight Manston asylum seekers with suspected diphtheria ‘moved around UK’ as cases rise Posted onNovember 27, 2022 Government accused of putting migrants and hotel workers at ‘preventable risk’ 8972854
Insight Diphtheria cases rising among asylum seekers Posted onNovember 27, 2022 The number of cases among those to have recently arrived in the UK exceeds 50, the BBC understands. 9380223
Insight Manston migrant’s death may have been caused by diphtheria – Home Office Posted onNovember 26, 2022 The centre was cleared of people last week after reports of overcrowding and disease. 7733830
Insight Manston asylum centre death may have been caused by diphtheria Posted onNovember 26, 2022 Home Office says follow-up PCR test was positive and they are offering vaccinations to people at the Kent facility A man’s death at the Manston … 8057195
Insight Diphtheria jabs at migrant centre after spike in cases Posted onNovember 12, 2022 Health officials say 39 cases of diphtheria have been found in asylum seekers in England. 8061016
Insight MRSA reported at Manston in migrant who tested positive for diphtheria Posted onOctober 30, 2022 Case comes after Suella Braverman ignored advice that people were being kept at the centre unlawfully A case of MRSA has been reported at the … 9027246
Insight Suella Braverman’s decisions ‘led to scabies and diphtheria at overcrowded asylum centre’ Posted onOctober 29, 2022 Sources blame home secretary for conditions that encouraged disease, as charities decry ‘inhumane’ treatment of asylum seekers 481422