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Thu 11 Nov 2002Vigilance urged after boy (2) dies from meningitisPeople around Athlone, Co Westmeath, have been asked to be vigilant for meningitis symptoms following the death of a two-year-old boy this week.Twenty local children who were in close contact with the child at his creche and childminder's home were yesterday treated with preventive antibiotics by the Midland Health Board.