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Meningococcal case prompts doctor warning
Updated: 5:59 pm, Monday, 16 June 2014
Canberrans are being urged to seek medical attention if they develop flu-like symptoms, after a defence force academy cadet was taken to hospital with meningococcal disease.
The 20-year-old woman presented at the Duntroon health centre with flu symptoms on Saturday night and was quickly transferred to Canberra Hospital where she remains in a serious, but stable, condition.
Health authorities today tried to calm any fears about an outbreak of meningococcal meningitis, saying the disease isn't infectious and is extremely rare...
Meningococcal case prompts doctor warning
Updated: 5:59 pm, Monday, 16 June 2014
Canberrans are being urged to seek medical attention if they develop flu-like symptoms, after a defence force academy cadet was taken to hospital with meningococcal disease.
The 20-year-old woman presented at the Duntroon health centre with flu symptoms on Saturday night and was quickly transferred to Canberra Hospital where she remains in a serious, but stable, condition.
Health authorities today tried to calm any fears about an outbreak of meningococcal meningitis, saying the disease isn't infectious and is extremely rare...