A HOSPITAL in Manila temporarily closed its emergency unit after one of its patients showed symptoms of meningococcal infection or meningococcemia.

The Gat Andres Bonifacio Memorial Medical Center (GABMMC) in Tondo, Manila posted on its Facebook account that the closure was “part of standard safety procedure and infection control protocol because of a patient with suspected meningococcal infection.”

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