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Sidney Vo and her son Billy are allowed to stay in Australia. Source: SBS News

Almost a quarter of a million Australians are living with hepatitis B, a disease that kills more than 800,000 people worldwide every year.


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Almost a quarter of a million Australians are living with hepatitis B, a disease that kills more than 800,000 people worldwide every year.



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