Colombia reports 30 meningitis deaths for the last week of August

According to the Instituto Nacional de Salud in Colombia, there were more than 400 suspected meningitis cases reported in week 34 (Aug. 23-29); however, after discarding and ruling out cases, 245 laboratory confirmed (59%) and probable (41%) cases remained. The distribution by the types of bacterial meningitis is as follows: Neisseria meningitidis 59 (24.1%), Streptococcus ["]