Articles about Meningitis

As outbreak in Kent claims the lives of two young people, experts advise against rushing to get a vaccinePharmacies in England are reporting a surge in demand for meningitis vaccines after an outbreak in Kent claimed the lives of two young people and left others in hospital.However experts have advised against rushing to get a jab, stressing public health authorities are best placed to determine if vaccinations are required – and for whom. Continue reading...

The cases recorded so far have all been linked to a nightclub popular with students in Canterbury on 5-7 MarchTwo young people have died in an outbreak of meningitis in Kent as private supplies of vaccines run out. Here’s what we know about how the disease spread and what the authorities did to tackle it. Continue reading...

UKHSA says strain involved in outbreak that has killed two people is one that most people are not vaccinated againstGovernment scientists have identified the type of meningitis behind a fatal outbreak in Kent as a strain that most people have not be vaccinated against.Gayatri Amirthalingam, the deputy director of the immunisation and vaccine preventable diseases at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), said tests showed it was strain B of the virus. Continue reading...

University of Kent students queue for antibiotics and have exams moved online as officials try to control outbreakOn Monday morning, nine days after a night out at Club Chemistry, a night club in Canterbury, Joe Bradshaw realised he had been linked to the meningitis outbreak that has killed two people, a university student and a sixth-former, in the city.He ran through the week in his mind, beginning to worry about those he had been in contact with. Continue reading...