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Meningitis vaccine rollout begins but why is the jab important?

About 5,000 students will be offered a jab alongside courses of antibiotics.

Evening Standard · Mar 18

Meningitis: Students begin receiving vaccines following deadly outbreak

Two students died and 18 more cases are being investigated by the UKHSA after an outbreak of meningitis linked to a nightclub.

Evening Standard · Mar 18

How can I get a Meningitis B vaccine?

Two people have died and at least 15 are seriously ill following an outbreak of Meningitis B in Kent

Evening Standard · Mar 18

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Meningitis: Jab rollout to 5,000 university campus students begins

Two students have died and 18 other cases of meningitis are being investigated by health officials.

Evening Standard · Mar 18

Number of meningitis cases investigated in Kent rises to 20

Thousands of students to be offered vaccines in response to quickest-growing outbreak experts have seen

The Guardian - UK · Mar 18

What is Meningitis and How to Stay Safe from it as UK Health Cases Trigger National Incident

The UK Health Security Agency has declared the meningitis outbreak at the University of Kent a national incident, urging students to get vaccinated.

International Business Times UK · Mar 18

Thousands of students offered vaccines in bid to stem ‘explosive’ meningitis

Health chiefs said they have not seen an outbreak on this scale in all of their careers.

Evening Standard · Mar 18

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Students in halls in Kent to be offered meningitis B vaccine over coming days

Some 15 cases of meningitis have so far been reported to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), including two deaths.

Evening Standard · Mar 18

Meningitis: Health chiefs dealing with ‘explosive’ and ‘unprecedented’ outbreak

Some 15 cases of meningitis have so far been reported to the UK Health Security Agency, including two deaths.

Evening Standard · Mar 17

‘It’s like Covid II’: Canterbury’s student hangouts left empty by meningitis scare

Many have left for the Easter holiday early after in-person university assessments were cut and exams moved online

The Guardian - UK · Mar 17

Streeting defends response to ‘unprecedented’ meningitis B outbreak as cases ‘linked to super-spreader event’

‘Highest number of cases seen in one weekend,’ says UKHSA chief as health secretary defends agency’s speed of action

The Independent UK · Mar 17

Meningitis B outbreak: Inside UK health agency response to Kent crisis which left two dead

Some 15 cases of meningitis have so far been reported to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) in Kent

The Independent UK · Mar 17

Covid masks and an eerily silent campus: Inside Kent’s ‘worrying’ meningitis B outbreak

Students queuing for antibiotics at the University of Kent describe the impact a deadly outbreak of meningitis is having on campus life

The Independent UK · Mar 17

Kent meningitis outbreak: a timeline of the health authorities’ response

The cases recorded so far have all been linked to a nightclub popular with students in Canterbury

The Guardian - UK · Mar 17

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Evening Standard · Mar 17

Surge in pharmacy bookings for meningitis jabs amid Kent outbreak

Superdrug told the Press Association that bookings for its service are 65 times higher than a week ago.

The Guardian - UK · Mar 17

Meningitis B: what are the symptoms, how is it spread and is there a vaccine?

Variant identified in Kent can cause long-term complications and prove fatal if not caught early with antibiotics

Evening Standard · Mar 17

What is meningitis B and why are young people at risk?

Symptoms of meningitis and sepsis can include a high temperature, cold hands and feet, vomiting, confusion, and muscle and joint pain.

The Independent UK · Mar 17

Meningitis B latest: Health chiefs dealing with unprecedented ‘super-spreader’ event as outbreak reaches London

‘This is by far the quickest-growing outbreak I’ve ever seen,’ says deputy chief medical officer as 15 cases recorded

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The Independent UK · Mar 17

Meningitis B confirmed as strain behind deadly Kent outbreak

Some cases of meningitis in Kent have been confirmed as meningitis B, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) told the Press Association, adding it will confirm the other cases “when we have the full results”.

Evening Standard · Mar 17

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.

The Independent UK · Mar 16

Owner of venue linked to meningitis outbreak speaks out as clubbers urged to get treatment

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has urged anyone who visited Club Chemistry in Canterbury between 5 and 7 March to come forward for preventative antibiotic treatment after a meningitis outbreak. Owner of the nightclub, Louise Jones-Roberts, said that more than 2,000 people would have visited the venue during those…

The Guardian - UK · Mar 16

‘The videos are terrifying’: students describe spreading panic amid Kent meningitis outbreak

Students queue for antibiotics in Canterbury and worry about who they have been in contact with, as exams are moved online

The Independent UK · Mar 16

University students queue for antibiotics amid meningitis outbreak

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The Independent UK · Mar 16

Students queue in ‘Covid-esque’ scenes after two die in meningitis outbreak

Shocked University of Kent students queueing for antibiotics said it ‘feels like a repeat’ of the pandemic

The Independent UK · Mar 16

Kent students queue for antibiotics as two people die from meningitis in area

Long queues have formed around the University of Kent as students waited to receive antibiotics following an outbreak of meningitis, which has resulted in the death of a student and a year 13 pupil.

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