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Local March 27, 2018 | 11:54 am

Public health issues diphtheria alert

Santo Domingo.- The Public Health Ministry issued an epidemiological alert Monday and stepped up vigilance measures at the country’s ports, airports and border crossings to prevent an outbreak of diphtheria, following the death of a four-year old boy visiting the country from Haiti over the weekend. Deputy minister Héctor Quezada explained that the extreme vigilance measures had been imposed... Read more