Toddler hospitalised with meningitis

THE Ministry of Health yesterday confirmed that Paphos General Hospital admitted a toddler suffering from meningitis late on Sunday night.

Ministry officials said the three-year-old, whose name and sex have not been revealed, has bacterial meningitis. Although the exact strain has not yet been identified, the officials said the child was responding well to treatment and that more would be known in 24 hours.

The child’s family and anyone in contact with it have received preventative medicine.

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