Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
Meningitis outbreak kills three on French Riviera
Published: 25 Feb 2014 10:28 GMT+01:00
Updated: 25 Feb 2014 10:28 GMT+01:00
An outbreak of a rare and deadly strain of Meningococcal meningitis in the south of France killed three people in two days over the weekend. Another teenager is in hospital. Local health officials have called the series of deaths ?worrying.?
The toll levied by the deadly bacterial infection was heavy for one family in Nice.
The disease claimed the lives of two brothers, ages 20 and 30, as well as a brother in law in 48 hours this weekend.
A teenage boy was also in intensive care after being struck the by the illness, French daily Le Parisien reported. It wasn?t immediately clear if the boy was from the same family.
?We are not at the beginning of an epidemic, but the situation is worrying,? one unnamed source told French media. It is extremely rare that this strain of meningitis, although very dangerous, causes so many deaths at once.
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http://www.thelocal.fr/20140225/meningitis-outbreak-kills-three-on-french-riviera
Published: 25 Feb 2014 10:28 GMT+01:00
Updated: 25 Feb 2014 10:28 GMT+01:00
An outbreak of a rare and deadly strain of Meningococcal meningitis in the south of France killed three people in two days over the weekend. Another teenager is in hospital. Local health officials have called the series of deaths ?worrying.?
The toll levied by the deadly bacterial infection was heavy for one family in Nice.
The disease claimed the lives of two brothers, ages 20 and 30, as well as a brother in law in 48 hours this weekend.
A teenage boy was also in intensive care after being struck the by the illness, French daily Le Parisien reported. It wasn?t immediately clear if the boy was from the same family.
?We are not at the beginning of an epidemic, but the situation is worrying,? one unnamed source told French media. It is extremely rare that this strain of meningitis, although very dangerous, causes so many deaths at once.
...
http://www.thelocal.fr/20140225/meningitis-outbreak-kills-three-on-french-riviera