‘Very small’ number of cases reported at Manston airfield, where about 3,000 people are staying
There has been an outbreak of diphtheria at an asylum seeker processing centre at a former MoD site in Kent.
The Home Office refused to confirm the number of cases of diphtheria at Manston – an airfield in Ramsgate providing tented accommodation for about 3,000 people who have arrived in the UK on small boats – but said the number was “very small”.
‘Very small’ number of cases reported at Manston airfield, where about 3,000 people are staying There has been an outbreak of diphtheria at an asylum seeker processing centre at a former MoD site in Kent.The Home Office refused to confirm the number of cases of diphtheria at Manston – an airfield in Ramsgate providing tented accommodation for about 3,000 people who have arrived in the UK on small boats – but said the number was “very small”. Continue reading…