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Australia is currently in the midst of a whooping cough epidemic

Oliver Peterson
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Whooping cough cases across Australia have passed 40,000 in a year for the first time since recording began more than 30 years ago.

The Immunisation Foundation director Catherine Hughes spoke to 6PR Radio Perth Live presenter Oliver Peterson and said it was a “worrying number”.

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Oliver Peterson
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