‘Unprecedented in spread’: UK races to contain deadly meningitis outbreak
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A meningitis outbreak in southeast England has prompted a vaccination campaign targeting university students. The UK Health Security Agency is responding after two young people, a University of Kent student and a teenager, died from the disease. Twenty cases have been identified, with six confirmed as group B meningitis (MenB). Health officials are concerned about the outbreak's rapid spread, described as "unprecedented." Because the UK introduced the MenB vaccine for infants in 2015, many current university students are unlikely to have been vaccinated, increasing their risk. The vaccination effort aims to control the outbreak and prevent further infections among young people in the region.
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