The Immunisation Foundation of Australia revealed that more than 4,500 cases of severe pneumococcal, known as invasive pneumococcal disease, have been recorded in the last 24 months. This is the highest rate of diagnoses since 2002.
Call for action as pneumococcal outbreak hits 20 year high
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