“She did report that it was the ‘worse headache’ she had ever experienced, but she felt generally ill and would do a Covid test in the morning.
“She had paracetamol, went to bed, and that was it.” Livia never woke up again, according to the mother, an assistant accountant.
“[The next day] an ambulance came and then the police came, because they treat it as suspicious when there’s no explanation,” Alison said.
Tests subsequently showed that Livia had meningitis B, but her family had to endure a torturous 16-week wait for explanations about the 19-year-old’s sudden death.
Because meningococcal group B bacteria attack the brain and spinal cord after they have penetrated the body,
This lethal bacterial infection may swiftly take a nasty turn. Sepsis and septicaemia are among the additional severe disorders that the strain may induce.
