A Continent on Edge: Refugees Bringing Exotic Diseases Into Europe

Friday, January 22, 2016
By Paul Martin

SputnikNews.com
22.01.2016

As migrants flock to Europe in huge numbers unseen since World War Two, fueling fears that they could bring rare infectious and contagious diseases Danish hospitals are on the lookout for diphtheria, which officials believe has been brought in by asylum seekers, The Local reported on Friday.

>“The infection can be very dangerous if one isn’t vaccinated against it. The dangerous type is very rare and we last saw it in Denmark in 1998,” an a spokesman for the Danish State Serum Institute spokesman said.

Incoming refugees have also been found to carry tuberculosis and malaria.

“There is no doubt that infectious diseases are coming in with the refugees that we aren’t used to. There have been discussions on whether all refugees who come to Denmark should be screened,” he said.

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