Overview
- All close contacts of the student were identified and given prophylactic antibiotics, which the city says has significantly curtailed transmission risk.
- In-person instruction continues at the Röntgen-Gymnasium, with counseling offered by the health office and school psychologists through Monday.
- More than 70 counseling sessions have already taken place, and an information hotline from the municipal health office remains available.
- Authorities emphasize that infection risk generally concerns only people with direct, close contact, such as intimate contact or time spent in confined spaces.
- The RKI notes invasive meningococcal disease is rare but often severe with a 7–15 percent fatality rate, and STIKO recently recommended vaccination for children aged 12 to 14.