Meningitis outbreak live: Students queue for antibiotics after outbreak kills two in Kent
UKHSA reaches out to 30,000 in Canterbury as two die in meningitis outbreakpublished at 08:59 GMT
Malu Cursino
Live reporter
More than 30,000 people in the Canterbury area are being contacted about a meningitis outbreak, in which two young people have died.
One was a student at the University of Kent, while the other was a Year 13 student at Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School Faversham.
Eleven others are seriously ill in hospital, BBC South East understands. It is understood that most are aged between 18 and 21, and a number of them are students at the University of Kent.
Meningitis is an infection of the protective membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord and can be serious if not treated urgently.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) says it is arranging antibiotics for some students in the Canterbury area, and the specific strain of the disease has not been identified.
We’ll be bringing you the latest on this story, as soon as we know more.
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