CEEFAX 2 143 Sun 16 May 13:07/02 ************ *************** ****** * *** *** ** ****** *** *********** ************ ************************** HUNGARY HIT BY MENINGITIS SCARE The Minister of Health in Budapest has declared a health service alert to prevent an outbreak of meningitis.
Hospitals are treating several cases of the life-threatening condition, and a 50-year-old woman showing symptoms of meningitis died of respiratory failure.
Three servicemen are still in hospital after six cases were found in two army barracks which are now in quarantine.
Doctors say the current cases are not the same strain as in last summer's outbreak in neighbouring Romania. 5/5 Headlines 101 Extra 140 Ticker 151 News Index 102 Flash 150 Newsreel 152