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Miklos Bolza

BIZARRE: Bacterial infections on the rise in nsw - You Need To See This

IMD and iGAS infections sometimes mimick symptoms of COVID-19 or influenza in their early stages. (Diego Fedele/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Health officials have sounded an alarm over a rise in rare COVID-mimicking bacterial infections that can cause disability and death.

Cases of invasive meningococcal disease and invasive group A streptococcus have been increasing over recent weeks, according to NSW Health.

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