Vaccination is the best preventive measure of death from tetanus

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

An extremely rare case of death from tetanus infection has occurred in New South Wales. It was the first tetanus-related death since 1993. Authorities and health experts claim vaccination is the best preventive measure.

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Tetanus, is a rare preventable disease, has claimed lives in New South Wales.

A woman in her 80s was the first person to die from the disease in 30 years.

Two other cases have also been reported in the state this year, one involving a woman in her 80s and a woman in her 70s.

It was the first reported case in New South Wales since 2019.

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