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Meningitis alert

Wednesday 13 December 1995 00:02 GMT
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Meningitis alert

Six 12-year-old pupils - four boys and two girls - from Shotton Hall comprehensive school in Durham are being treated in hospital for suspected meningitis, along with a 10-year-old girl from a neighbouring junior school. A 14-year-old pupil from Shotton Hall who has been confirmed as suffering from the disease was described as "poorly but stable".

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