
Covid masks and an eerily silent campus: Inside Kent’s ‘worrying’ meningitis B outbreak
Students queuing for antibiotics at the University of Kent described the impact a deadly outbreak of meningitis is having on campus life
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Students queuing for antibiotics at the University of Kent described the impact a deadly outbreak of meningitis is having on campus life

The number of confirmed cases of meningitis in Canterbury has risen to 15. Four cases have been laboratorially confirmed as meningitis B strain, and all affected individuals have been hospitalized.

A pediatrician at Zakynthos Hospital has been temporarily suspended and is under administrative investigation after a 5-month-old baby with meningitis was admitted while the doctor was not on duty.

UKHSA says strain involved in outbreak that has killed two people is one that most people are not vaccinated against Government scientists have identified the type of meningitis behind a fatal…

Potrjeno je, da je meningitis B vzrok za nekatere primere izbruha v Kentu, v katerem sta umrla 18-letna dijakinja in 21-letni univerzitetni študent.

Wes Streeting has cautioned against returning to “Victorian conditions” through “anti-science” stances amid an outbreak of meningitis B in Kent.

Two vaccinations are offered to protect against the main causes of meningitis, but analysis of government data shows uptake varies significantly across England