A 58-year-old man from
Tuscany was seriously ill in hospital Friday after contracting
meningitis C.
The man, whose name has not been revealed under Italian
privacy law, is one of dozens of people to contract the disease
in the northern Italian region in recent months.
He has been taken to San Giuseppe di Empoli hospital in
Florence where he is in a serious condition, according to local
public health officials.
Preventative medication has already been distributed among
relatives and friends of the man, who was living in Fucecchio,
Florence.
Tuscany officials have fielded a free meningitis
vaccination program for people aged 11-45 in a bid to stop the
spread of the contagious disease after a spate of cases at the
end of last year.
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