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Meningitis Outbreak Kills Two in Kent, 11 Hospitalized
The outbreak in Canterbury has led to 13 cases and prompted antibiotic distribution to close contacts to curb spread, UK Health Security Agency said.
- On Sunday, March 15, the UK Health Security Agency reported 13 confirmed cases in the Canterbury area of Kent, with two people dead and 11 students seriously ill in hospital.
- Young people and first-year students are at increased risk of meningitis after attending a Whitstable party on Saturday, where one person was diagnosed with the infection.
- More than 30,000 students, staff and family members have been contacted by the UK Health Security Agency, while UKHSA specialists interview affected individuals and arrange precautionary antibiotics for some students in Canterbury.
- NHS urged anyone unwell to call 999 or go to A&E, as hundreds of students queued for antibiotics on Monday amid alarm and the University of Kent works with public-health teams.
- With the strain still unidentified, Tom Nutt of Meningitis Now said 'Vaccination is the only way of preventing certain types of meningitis, and many students will have had the MenACWY vaccination at school'.
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