School vaccinated against epidemic

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School vaccinated against epidemic

23aug02

WELLINGTON: Health officials began vaccinating an entire New Zealand school of 429 students and 40 staff yesterday, trying to halt an outbreak of fatal meningococcal disease.

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Hundreds of students at South Otago High School in the South Island town of Balclutha have already been given precautionary antibiotics this week after six cases were confirmed in 12 days.

Doctors were reported to be exhausted after checking and treating queues of patients who invaded their surgeries, afraid they had contracted the disease.
 



 

 

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