One dead, two infected after meningococcal disease outbreak declared in Toronto – CTV
Aug. 25, 2022
Toronto is reporting a meningococcal disease outbreak which has left one person dead and two others infected with the bacterial infection.
The three cases are individuals between 20 and 30 years old who began experiencing symptoms between July 15-17, according to a news release from Toronto Public Health (TPH) on Thursday.
The health unit says the infected individuals were born outside of Canada, in countries that don’t provide childhood immunization against the disease.
It is unknown where the infected individuals were born.
“TPH has not been able to identify a link between these cases. All three individuals have recently been confirmed to have the same rare strain of serogroup C meningococcal disease,” the release reads.
