Adelaide woman in critical condition with invasive meningococcal disease

A 21-year-old woman from metropolitan Adelaide has been admitted to hospital in a critical condition with invasive meningococcal disease.  

SA Health said multiple people who had close contact with the woman have been identified and six people have been directed to take clearance antibiotics. 

Information about meningococcal is being distributed to other people the woman has been in contact with, in accordance with the national guidelines. 

There have been two cases of invasive meningococcal disease reported in South Australia…