A 17-year-old boy with meningitis is hospitalized in serious condition in the Intensive Care Unit of Nicosia General Hospital.
As stated to CNA, the Press Officer of the Ministry of Health, Dimitris Constantinou, this is the third incident identified recently, noting that the clinical condition of the 17-year-old "is serious."
He noted that the Ministry of Health is tracing his contacts in order to administer preventive medication.
He also stated that the Ministry is "closely monitoring the situation" and "is on alert."
It is recalled that last week two other cases of bacterial meningitis were recorded, which involved a high school student in Limassol, as well as an infant from Paphos.
In a statement last week, the Medical and Public Health Services said that meningococcal transmission requires close person-to-person contact through respiratory droplets.
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, they clarify, is not transmitted through brief or casual contact.
It is noted that 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.
Source: KYPE
