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| Boardmasters festival-goers given meningitis treatment | Boardmasters festival-goers given meningitis treatment |
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| Festival-goers have been given antibiotics after an 18-year-old man became ill with meningitis. | Festival-goers have been given antibiotics after an 18-year-old man became ill with meningitis. |
| Public Health England (PHE) told the Bristol Post it was investigating the diagnosis at Boardmasters festival in Newquay, Cornwall. | Public Health England (PHE) told the Bristol Post it was investigating the diagnosis at Boardmasters festival in Newquay, Cornwall. |
| The teenager is a student at St Brendan's Sixth Form College in Bristol, which saw two cases of meningococcal infection last spring. | The teenager is a student at St Brendan's Sixth Form College in Bristol, which saw two cases of meningococcal infection last spring. |
| Festival organisers said he had been unwell in the days before the event. | Festival organisers said he had been unwell in the days before the event. |
| More on this story, and other news | More on this story, and other news |
| Deputy director of health protection at PHE's South West Health Protection Team, Mike Wade, said his thoughts were with the family of the patient. | Deputy director of health protection at PHE's South West Health Protection Team, Mike Wade, said his thoughts were with the family of the patient. |
| "We want to reassure people that all appropriate public health actions are being taken," he said. | "We want to reassure people that all appropriate public health actions are being taken," he said. |
| "It is highly unlikely that this case is related to the previous cases at St Brendan's which occurred 14 months ago. | "It is highly unlikely that this case is related to the previous cases at St Brendan's which occurred 14 months ago. |
| "The student has not attended the college since the end of the summer term at the beginning of July." | "The student has not attended the college since the end of the summer term at the beginning of July." |
| What is meningitis? | |
| Source: NHS Choices | |
| It is not known if the man contracted the disease at the festival, but administering antibiotics to close contacts was "standard procedure" with confirmed cases of meningitis, PHE said. | It is not known if the man contracted the disease at the festival, but administering antibiotics to close contacts was "standard procedure" with confirmed cases of meningitis, PHE said. |
| The organisers and medical teams at Boardmasters Festival confirmed an 18-year-old was transferred to a hospital in Cornwall after being treated on site. | The organisers and medical teams at Boardmasters Festival confirmed an 18-year-old was transferred to a hospital in Cornwall after being treated on site. |
| The surfing and music festival ran from Wednesday 9 August to Sunday. | The surfing and music festival ran from Wednesday 9 August to Sunday. |