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Aaron Bunch

DARK SECRETS: Fifth case of leprosy reported this year - The Real Truth

The NT has had its first case of leprosy reported since 2021. (Esther Linder/AAP PHOTOS)

A person has been diagnosed with leprosy in the Northern Territory - the fifth case reported in Australia so far this year.

It is the first confirmed case of the relatively rare but curable disease in the NT since 2021, the NT Health Department said on Thursday.

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