UK races to contain meningitis outbreak after two deaths
Otago Daily Times Online News [Unofficial]
March 18, 2026
People queue to receive vaccinations at the Sports centre on the University of Kent campus, following an outbreak of meningitis cases in Kent. Photo: Reuters
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.
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