A baby girl who died from meningococcal in Darwin isn't linked to an adult woman infected with the disease or an unprecedented outbreak in central Australia.
The woman who was admitted to Royal Darwin Hospital on Tuesday with the life-threatening illness is currently in a stable condition, Northern Territory health authorities say.
It's the second case in the Top End and was confirmed two days after the child died, 12 hours after first showing symptoms.
The NT Centre for Disease Control says the woman's case has no connection either to the child, who contracted the B strain, or the W strain outbreak affecting Aboriginal kids in remote communities.
Relatives and children in close contact at the infant's day care centre have been offered preventative antibiotics and vaccines.
CDC Community Physician Dr Charles Douglas says pharmacies struggling to keep up with orders of the B strain vaccine will be restocked in the next few days.
"The vaccine actually doesn't come into effect for four weeks... so the delay of a couple of days isn't going to make much difference," he said.
Dr Douglas urged parents not to be alarmed, stressing meningococcal is rare and hard to contract, however, he urged the public to remain vigilant for symptoms which can include fever, headache, neck stiffness, an aversion to bright lights, a rash and joint pain.
So far this year there's been 27 cases of the W strain identified in communities from the Barkly, Katherine and Red Centre region.
In 2016 there were only three, and the NT government has launched a large scale immunisation campaign in response.
A free vaccine for the A, C, Y and W strains is being offered to all people aged between 12 months and 19 years living in remote communities and Tennant Creek.
It's also available to all Aboriginal people aged between 12 months and 19 years living in Alice Springs and Katherine.
Labor plans to roll out the vaccination program to all one-year-old NT children by early 2018, and there are ongoing negotiations with the Commonwealth to develop it into a nation-wide initiative.
