A child from the NSW north coast may be the third person linked to the recent Splendour In The Grass festival to contract meningococcal disease.
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Earlier this month a Sydney man in his 40s who had attended the festival died with the disease.
NSW Health has urged anyone who attended Splendour In The Grass - which took place from July 21-24 at the North Byron Parklands - to be alert to symptoms of the potentially fatal disease.
Anyone showing symptoms - which can include a red or purple rash, fever, headache, stiffness, light sensitivity, nausea, diarrhoea, drowsiness and confusion - are urged to contact a doctor immediately.
Although the diseases is uncommon it can be fatal, with authorities warning it can develop very quickly and kill within hours.
A Northern Territory man in his 30s died with meningococcal on Friday, while a two-year-old child with the diseases died in rural South Australia in July.
Health authorities in the territory said the man had undertaken no recent interstate or international travel.
Australian Associated Press
