Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Mar 2019
Teenager's meningococcal death prompts coroner to urge free B-strain vaccine
5 March 2019 - A coroner wants the Tasmanian Government to offer free meningococcal B strain vaccines for people younger than 21, following the death of a Hobart teenager.
Sarah Rose Beltz had only just celebrated her 16th birthday when she contracted meningococcal disease last July.
She died "within a matter of hours" after being rushed to the Royal Hobart Hospital on July 12.
