Two unvaccinated children from the far north coast of New South Wales have contracted rare cases of diphtheria of the throat.
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NSW Health confirmed on Saturday that an unvaccinated toddler was in intensive care in a Queensland hospital after contracting the infection.
Now a close family contact, aged 6, has also tested positive and is in hospital care.
NSW Health said the cases of diphtheria by the throat are the first in the state since the early 1990s.
Epidemiologist at the University of South Australia, Professor Adrian Esterman, says the cases can be very serious.
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