Diphtheria reappears in Venezuela after long absence: Another symptom of a broken health system
by Robert Herriman from Outbreak News Today on (#1WESQ)
The governor of Bolivar state, Venezuela, Francisco Rangel Gomez confirmed this week that there are 13 cases of diphtheria in the town of San Antonio, Sifontes municipality, according to a El Diario de Guayana report (computer translated). The Venezuelan Society of Public Health says diphtheria was eradicated in Venezuela in the late 1940s. Officials state they have the ["]