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Child treated for meningococcal B at WA hospital – PerthNow
A child has been treated in hospital for meningococcal B, the third case of the life-threatening bacterial infection in WA this year.
A child has been treated in hospital for meningococcal B, the third case of the life-threatening bacterial infection in WA this year.
The WA health department said today that the child has now been discharged from hospital.
Last year there were 11 meningococcal cases reported in WA, including one death.
Amelia Clayton, from Kalgoorlie-Boulder, died on February 3 2020 aged only 20.
Ms Clayton suffered a bleed on the brain, but her mother Geri Bennett said she did not have the rash typically associated…
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