NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — 10 On Your facet labored to attach the dots and decided {that a} sufferer who died from bacterial meningitis was a former inmate of the Norfolk Metropolis Jail.
An inmate examined optimistic for bacterial meningitis at a neighborhood hospital on Friday, March 8. The Norfolk Sheriff’s Workplace and Norfolk Metropolis Jail have been contacted by the Norfolk Well being Division on Monday, March 11, to tell them of the check end result, deputies mentioned. The workplace and jail by no means straight confirmed that the inmate died or was tied to different meningitis circumstances. As an alternative, 10 On Your Facet made the connections individually.
Associated Protection: Meningitis case in Norfolk underneath investigation
Whereas on the jail, the inmate was positioned in a cell block with different inmates after being booked on March 1. All of the inmates and workers who might have had contact have been supplied a dose of antibiotic and adopted quarantine protocols, deputies mentioned. There have been no extra confirmed circumstances within the jail, and the quarantines have been lifted.
Associated Protection: Norfolk inmate dies after medical emergency
In keeping with the Sheriff’s workplace, not all of the inmates and workers that have been supplied antibiotics took the remedy. 33 individuals on Workers from the Norfolk Sheriff’s Workplace took the drugs, whereas 5 refused. 54 inmates on the Norfolk Metropolis Jail took the drugs, and 5 inmates refused.
No inmates or workers have proven any signs, the Norfolk Sheriff’s Workplace advised WAVY.
Bacterial meningitis may be very critical and might trigger tissue round your mind to swell, resulting in long-term issues or dying.
“The excellent news is there’s a very efficient vaccine for Neisseria Meningitis, the one which we’re referring to the grownup right here, on this space,” Dr. Susan Girois, Director of the Norfolk Well being Division mentioned. “It’s an efficient vaccine, truly. It’s required for all of our children within the colleges, rising seventh graders and rising twelfth graders”.
The Norfolk Division of Well being mentioned on Thursday, March 14, that they have been investigating a bacterial meningitis case.
Nonetheless, it has been confirmed {that a} separate case of Francis Asbury Elementary Faculty pupil who died from meningitis had a unique strand then the one of many inmate.
WAVY-TV 10 will proceed observe each tales for any developments.
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