First Diphtheria Death in Europe for Four Years: Four-Year-Old Dies – Parents Had Refused Vaccination
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The cousin of the girl who died at the Children's Hospital was positive for diphtheria. Domenico Cipolla, health director of the hospital, communicates this...
The cousin of the girl who died at the Children's Hospital was positive for diphtheria. Domenico Cipolla, health director of the hospital Arnas Civico, communicates it. (ANSA)
A four-year-old girl dies of diphtheria in Palermo – because her parents didn't have her vaccinated.
Diphtheria is the reason for the death of a four-year-old girl in Palermo – it was unvaccinated. The disease was considered to have been eradicated in Italy.
A four-year-old girl dies in Palermo for a suspected diphtheria. If the diagnosis is confirmed by the Higher Institute of Health, it will be the first death in Italy since 1991. Thirty-five years later, still a child not vaccinated. Such news requires first of all to remember that diphtheria does not belong to the history of medicine. It is a serious disease, potentially lethal, that continues to circulate in the world and in Europe. In Italy we…
Domenico Cipolla, health director of the Arnas Civico Di Cristina Benfratelli in Palermo, provides an update on the conditions of his cousin, the same age as the four-year-old girl who died in recent days at the Children's Hospital from suspected diphtheria.
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