05/12/2022 (Agence Europe) – The European Centre for Disease Prevention (ECDC) is concerned about an increasing number of diphtheria cases among migrants in the European Union and the European Economic Area, and the resistance of Corynebacterium (C.) diphtheriae isolates to oral and parenteral antibiotics. However, as of 2 December 2022, ECDC notes that it has no data indicating increased transmission and outbreaks of C. diphtheriae in the general EU/EEA population as a result of the...