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Tuberculosis on the rise in the Netherlands, cases at a ten-year high: what we can do about it

Tuberculosis on the rise in the Netherlands, cases at a ten-year high: what we can do about it

Tuberculosis cases in the Netherlands have reached their highest level in ten years, according to health officials from GGD Regio Utrecht. Director Marc Sprenger is raising awareness about the resurgence of the deadly disease, which many believed had been eradicated in the country.

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