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UK PM Leads Efforts to Halt Deadly Meningitis Spread

About 5,000 University of Kent students in halls are offered meningitis B vaccine amid an unprecedented outbreak linked to a nightclub, with 20 cases reported including two deaths.

  • A targeted meningitis B vaccination programme was due to begin for 5,000 University of Kent students living on campus after an outbreak linked to a nightclub.
  • As of March 17, there were 9 confirmed cases and 11 under investigation, with 2 deaths of students aged 21 and 18.
  • Family doctors nationwide were told to prescribe antibiotics to anyone who visited the nightclub from March 5-7 and to University of Kent students asked to seek preventative treatment.
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Daily Record broke the news in Glasgow, United Kingdom on Wednesday, March 18, 2026.
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