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NSW health authority warns of meningococcal disease threat after 18-year-old girl dies

A second person from NSW has died from meningococcal disease after attending a music festival this year, as authorities warn young people to stay alert to symptoms. 

The ABC has confirmed the teenage girl who is the latest person to die from the infection in the state attended Canberra's Spilt Milk festival on Saturday, November 26.

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