Status date: February 24, 2024.
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The child is being treated in hospital. According to the health department, he is already feeling better. In recent years, the infectious disease has hardly occurred in Bremen.
There is a case of diphtheria at a primary school in Bremen-Nord. According to the health authority, the infection was detected in a child. It is still unclear where it could have been infected. The child has been being treated in the hospital since the middle of the week and is already doing better.
Diphtheria is a reportable infectious disease
Classmates, teachers, parents and everyone who had contact with the child outside of school were informed by the health department. It is recommended that you take penicillin as a preventive measure and, if necessary, have your diphtheria vaccination refreshed. Diphtheria is a notifiable infectious disease that can cause respiratory problems, heart failure and even death.
According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the last case of diphtheria in Bremen was in 2019, after none had been reported for several years. Nationwide, the numbers were low for a long time, but have increased significantly in recent years. While there were ten registered cases in 2017, there were already 178 in 2022. Last year, 141 diphtheria infections were reported.
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