A NSW North Coast boy may be the third person linked to the recent Splendor In The Grass festival to contract meningococcal disease.
Earlier this month, a Sydney man in his 40s who had attended the festival died of the disease.
NSW Health has urged everyone who attended Splendor In The Grass, which took place from July 21 to 24 at North Byron Parklands, to be alert for symptoms of the potentially fatal disease.
Anyone experiencing symptoms, which may include a red or purple rash, fever, headache, stiffness, sensitivity to light, nausea, diarrhea, drowsiness and confusion, is urged to contact a doctor immediately.
Although the disease is rare, it can be fatal, and authorities warn that it can develop very quickly and kill within hours.
A man in his 30s from the Northern Territory died of meningococcal disease on Friday, while a two-year-old boy with the disease died in rural South Australia in July.
Territory health authorities said the man had not made any recent interstate or international travel.
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