‘Unprecedented in spread’: UK races to contain deadly meningitis outbreak

Mar 19, 2026 | INVESTING

Britain will ⁠roll out meningitis vaccines to students at a university in southeast England after an “unprecedented” outbreak of the disease killed two people while the number of new cases jumped to 20.
The UK Health Security Agency said all those affected were young people. A 21-year-old student at the University of Kent and a teenage student at a school in ‌the town of Faversham have died.
Six of the nine confirmed cases are group B (MenB), the agency added. It was also aware of a baby with a…

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