According to the university's website, Maryka is a first-year business administration student — the same year and program as Sarah Hastings, the Acadia University student who died earlier this month after contracting meningitis. (acadia.prestosports.com)
An Acadia University student hospitalized with meningococcal meningitis suffers from the B strain, according to Nova Scotia's Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Robert Strang, the same strain that killed another Acadia student earlier this month.
"Two cases of the same strain of meningococcal meningitis in one location, such as a university campus, constitutes an institutional outbreak," said Strang.
Hope Maryka was diagnosed with meningococcal meningitis on Tuesday. A national lab confirmed the strain late Thursday night.
Free vaccine
Public Health will offer a free meningococcal B vaccine for all students, as well as faculty and staff with certain rare health conditions, during immunization clinics planned over the next two weeks.
They've ordered enough doses to vaccinated about 4,000 people at a cost of approximately $650,000.
Clinics have been scheduled in the Fountain Commons on:
- Wednesday, Feb. 18 from 12 p.m. - 4 p.m.
- Thursday, Feb. 19 from 12 p.m. - 4 p.m.
- Monday, Feb. 23 from 12 p.m. - 8 p.m.
- Tuesday, Feb. 24 from 12 p.m. - 8 p.m.
- Wednesday, Feb. 25 from 12 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Public Health says another round of clinics will take place before the end of the term for the second dose of the vaccine.
"Still, the risk remains low because this disease is not spread as easily as the cold or flu. Basic precautions and the vaccination program within the student population are the best measures to keep everyone healthy," said Strang.
The doctor says no other students have been diagnosed.
He is not pushing for a province-wide vaccination against strain B and national guidelines don't recommend that the vaccine be widely distributed. It's available at pharmacies.
Four cases of meningitis in 2015
The school says there is no need to cancel classes or limit the movement of Acadia students and staff.
"If you are planning to travel during Reading Week, there is no need to change your plans," said the university in a release.
According to the university's website, Maryka is a first-year business administration student — the same year and program as Sarah Hastings, the Acadia University student who died Feb. 1 after contracting meningitis.
Rylee Sears, a Grade 10 student from Lower Sackville, died one week before Hastings. Sears had contracted a different strain of meningitis — the Y strain — which will be covered in Nova Scotia's new vaccination formula being rolled out this fall.
CBC News has learned a first-year male student at St. Francis Xavier University student contracted the B strain in November and the Y strain in January. He was hospitalized both times.
The sick student lived in residence. He's now sitting out the semester with his family in Ontario.
Strang says the last meningitis outbreak was in the early 1990s.
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