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Three-year-old dies of suspected bacterial blood infection
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General view of Ichilov Medical Center in Tel Aviv on November 10, 2020. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
A 3-year-old child died at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv after being rushed to the hospital with suspected meningococcemia, a deadly type of blood sepsis caused by a virulent bacterium, Ichilov says.
Efforts to save the child failed, and he was declared dead, the hospital says.
The hospital notes that “there is a vaccine against meningococcus B, which is recommended by the Pediatricians’ Association. We call on the public to vaccinate infants and toddlers and save lives.”
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