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Meningococcal meningitis: two 16 and 18 year old young people hospitalized in Rennes in serious condition

Two 16 and 18 -year -old children have been hospitalized at the Hospital of the University of Rennes in recent days by meningococcal meningitis. Your condition is considered very serious.

Two 16 and 18 -year -old children were hospitalized at the Hospital of the University of Rennes after having contracted meningococcal meningitis, such as BFMTV, he learned confirming information from Oust-France. Your condition is considered very serious.

According to our information, at least one of the two young people was present at a party on Saturday. The urgency for health authorities is now to identify any contact case, people who have passed at least 1 hour less than 1 meter of patients. They will have to identify crossed people during the 3 to 4 days prior to the appearance of symptoms.

In addition, one of the two young people now hospitalized had rejected vaccination when a campaign has been carried out since March.

A strong increase in cases of invasive meningococcal infections has been deplored since the beginning of the year in France. An 18-year-old girl lost her life in the disease on Monday, February 3 at Iille-Et-Vilaine, had identified around forty cases of contact calmly.

>> More information to come bfmtv.com.

Author: Frouville Margaux with Tom Kerkour
Source: BFM TV

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