The government is playing “Russian roulette” with the lives of young people, a mother who lost her 18-year-old son to Meningitis B has warned, as an “explosive” outbreak of the deadly virus grips Kent.
Marrissa Mullans from Prestwich is calling on ministers to roll out the menB vaccine to all young people, not just those born after 2015. It comes after the number of cases linked to the current outbreak, which has already claimed two lives, grew to 20 on Wednesday.
