Brazil: Venezuelan child dies from suspected diphtheria

A 10-year-old Venezuelan boy who was hospitalized at the Santo Antinio Children's Hospital suspected of having pharyngotonsillar diphtheria died Tuesday morning, according to a Globo.com report (computer translated). He had been hospitalized since July 12 in an isolation ward at the Santo Antinio Children's Hospital in Boa Vista. In a statement, the City of Boa Vista reported ["]

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