Meningitis: Family describe ‘immeasurable loss’ as cases rise to 29

Students wait in line at the entrance to the sports hall at University of Kent campus in Canterbury (PA) - (PA Wire)

The family of a teenager who died from meningitis in the Kent outbreak have described their “immeasurable loss” as the number of cases jumped to 29.

Juliette Kenny, 18, died on March 14, one day after first showing symptoms – which were vomiting and discolouration in her cheeks, her father Michael said.