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Manchester has among highest rates of Victorian superbug that killed more people than Covid-19 last year

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Hundreds in Greater Manchester were diagnosed with a Dickensian superbug that caused more deaths globally than Covid-19 last year.

New data published by the UK Health Security Agency shows that over the last three years, an average of 324 people have been diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) annually in Greater Manchester.

The disease, prior to the TB vaccination's creation and modern treatments, killed an estimated four million people in Victorian Britain.

Manchester had one of the highest infection rates in England. Over the last three years, the average notification rate was 22.7 TB notifications per 100,000 of the population in Manchester.

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