Update: SA Health has confirmed that meningococcal was the cause of the toddlers death.

An 18-month-old toddler has died in Adelaide’s Women’s and Children’s Hospital from a suspected case of meningococcal.

The child has undergone testing for meningococcal on Sunday afternoon, but SA Health is waiting for the test results this morning.

“Our thoughts are with the child’s family and we urge people to respect their privacy at this time.” A spokeswoman for SA Health told The Advertiser on Sunday afternoon.

Meningococcal B-strain is not currently covered on the taxpayer-funded National Immunisation Program (NIP).

SA Health urged parents last year to consider paying $125 to vaccinate their children against the B-strain meningococcal disease.

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“Meningococcal B is now the most common strain and that makes up around 90 per cent of all cases” South Australia Health told the ABC.

Three approaches to government to put the B-strain vaccination on the National Immunisation Program had been knocked back.

Twenty-seven meningococcal cases were reported in 2016, with one toddler death. In 2017, there have been three reported cases of meningococcal in South Australia.

All Australian children are vaccinated against the C-strain through the National Immunisation Program.