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Three-year-old dies after meningitis outbreak at nursery
ITV
4 hours ago
A child has died and another has been taken to hospital after an outbreak of meningitis at a nursery in Lancashire.
Three-year-old Hector Kirkham, from Lancaster, was taken to the Royal Lancaster Infirmary on March 27 after contracting meningococcal septicaemia, but died later that day.
Another child from the same nursery, Little Learners in Galgate, was taken to hospital with the disease but has since been discharged.
Public Health England (PHE) has written to parents of other children at the nursery to remind them of "the signs and symptoms of meningococcal infection," which can include fever, headaches, vomiting and cold hands and feet...
Three-year-old dies after meningitis outbreak at nursery
ITV
4 hours ago
A child has died and another has been taken to hospital after an outbreak of meningitis at a nursery in Lancashire.
Three-year-old Hector Kirkham, from Lancaster, was taken to the Royal Lancaster Infirmary on March 27 after contracting meningococcal septicaemia, but died later that day.
Another child from the same nursery, Little Learners in Galgate, was taken to hospital with the disease but has since been discharged.
Public Health England (PHE) has written to parents of other children at the nursery to remind them of "the signs and symptoms of meningococcal infection," which can include fever, headaches, vomiting and cold hands and feet...