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Two Dead, 13 Hospitalised in ‘Unprecedented’ Meningitis Outbreak Linked to UK Nightclub
UKHSA reported 13 meningitis cases linked to Club Chemistry, including two deaths, urging over 2,000 attendees from March 5–7 to get precautionary antibiotics.
- On Monday, the UK Health Security Agency urged anyone who attended Club Chemistry in Canterbury on March 5–7 to get antibiotics after 13 cases were notified since March 13, including two deaths.
- Health investigators linked multiple cases to Club Chemistry and confirmed a Year 13 pupil in Faversham and a University of Kent student have died in the outbreak.
- The University of Kent, advised alongside 16,000 staff and students, is distributing antibiotics at collection sites including the Gate Clinic, Westgate Hall, Carey Building, and Senate building.
- The owner of Club Chemistry said she contacted around 90 out of 95 staff, and they had gone to get antibiotics, and the club remains closed until further notice, with staff affected, including one confirmed case in hospital and two in A&E.
- The university said on Monday it is taking UKHSA advice, students are queued for antibiotics, and Year 13 pupils are barred from lessons at Simon Langton Grammar School, disrupting exams and schooling.
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People who attended nightclub urged to get antibiotics amid meningitis outbreak
A Year 13 pupil in Faversham and a student at the University of Kent have died in the outbreak.
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