Health authorities say vaccination is the best preventive measure after rare tetanus death recorded

An infant receives a routine vaccination at First Georgia Physician Group Pediatrics in Fayetteville, Ga., Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021. The vaccinations that U.S. schoolchildren are required to get to hold terrible diseases like polio, hepatitis, tetanus and whooping cough in check are way behind schedule this year, threatening further complications to a school year already marred by COVID-19. (AP Photo/Angie Wang) Source: AP / Angie Wang/AP

A rare case of death has occurred in New South Wales after a tetanus [[tet-nes]] infection. It is the first tetanus related death since 1993. Health authorities and experts claim vaccination is the best preventive measure.

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