Meningitis Confirmed at Elementary School in Toms River
One case being tested, as classrooms and other areas cleaned with disinfectant. Parents notified via letter Thursday afternoon.
A case of meningitis at East Dover Elementary School in Toms River is being investigated, the first one reported in Ocean County this year. The affected student, whose name or grade was not released, was tested, and the school underwent a thorough disinfecting, officials said. A letter was sent home with every student and posted on the Toms River Regional Schools website. The last cases of meningitis that were reported in Ocean County were in two adults, one in April 2011 and one in May 2011, Ocean County Health Department spokesperson Leslie D. Terjesen. In January 2011, a 17-year-old Matawan Regional High School student died from bacterial meningitis. The spread of meningitis, an infection caused by a bacteria spread by close contact …
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Christina Johnson
10:46 pm on Sunday, January 23, 2011
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