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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Jonathan McCambridge

Probable case of meningococcal disease being investigated at school in Belfast

This 1966 microscope photo shows five colonies of Group-B Neisseria meningitidis bacteria - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Health officials in Northern Ireland are investigating a probable case of meningococcal disease in a pupil attending a Belfast school.

The Public Health Agency (PHA) has clarified that this case is not connected to the ongoing meningitis outbreak in England, which has tragically claimed two young lives. Parents of students at Bloomfield Collegiate School in the east of the city have been contacted by health authorities regarding the situation.

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