Asylum seekers at Manston site to receive diphtheria jabs after cases rise

Health authorities working with Home Office to provide vaccinations and antibiotics at Kent facility

People at the Manston asylum centre will be vaccinated against diphtheria after dozens of cases of the highly contagious disease were confirmed in England, health authorities have said.

The minister for immigration, Robert Jenrick, said on 1 November that four cases had been identified at the site in Kent, but insisted those involved had arrived at Manston already infected.