Home Office records only one case of diphtheria at Manston despite 50 reported

The government is being urged to explain their official data on the number of people with the disease

The Home Office is being urged to explain why official health data has shown only one case of diphtheria near Manston processing centre in recent months, despite there being 50 instances of the disease linked to the site.

According to weekly figures about cases of infectious diseases in England, known as the notification of infectious diseases data (NOID), there has only been one case recorded since September that is likely to relate to Manston - in Ashford, Kent.