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“Preventive vaccination is the only effective way to reduce diphtheria burden. NEW DELHI: After another death in a municipal hospital took the diphtheria toll in the city to 19, north corporation mayor Aadesh Gupta formed a committee to look into the mater and vowed strict action.The panel will submit its report in three days. “All the admitted children are stable. It affects the throat and upper airways, which causes sore throat like symptoms and difficulty in breathing initially. Diphtheria is an acute infectious disease for which preventive vaccination is available for free under the universal immunisation programme.But experts say certain communities don’t get their children vaccinated due to traditional beliefs..