The 17-year-old student, who was hospitalized in critical condition with meningitis in the ICU of Nicosia General Hospital, has died.
According to information, the 17-year-old had no underlying illnesses. He had been hospitalized since late March in the Intensive Care Unit of Nicosia General Hospital when he was diagnosed with meningococcal sepsis.
It is recalled that two other cases of bacterial meningitis had been recorded, which involved a high school student in Limassol, as well as an infant from Paphos.
In 2024, four cases of meningococcal disease were reported to the Medical Services, while since the beginning of 2025, three cases have been reported, which are not related to each other and do not constitute a cluster.
In a recent announcement, the Medical and Public Health Services state that meningococcal transmission requires close person-to-person contact through droplets of respiratory secretions.
The risk mainly concerns people who live in the same house as the patient (especially children), who are in the same classroom every day, or adults who work long hours in the same enclosed space (e.g. office).
Meningococcal disease, it is clarified, is not transmitted through brief or casual contact.
source: sigmalive
