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Diphtheria — Canada
An Edmonton elementary school student with a compromised immune system has been diagnosed with a rare and potentially deadly diphtheria infection yet again. Edmonton Public Schools sent home a letter to families of Evansdale School students, alerting them to a confirmed case of diphtheria. This is the same north Edmonton school where, in 2017, a student was confirmed to have the disease.
The 11-year-old boy was the student who had diphtheria last school year, and on Monday [10 Jun 2019],