Meningitis: Health chiefs dealing with ‘explosive’ and ‘unprecedented’ outbreak

Students queuing for antibiotics outside a building at the University of Kent in Canterbury (Gareth Fuller/PA) - (PA Wire)

Thousands of students in Kent are being urged to get vaccines and take antibiotics as health chiefs deal with an “unprecedented” and “explosive” outbreak of meningitis.

Some 15 cases of meningitis have so far been reported to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), up from 13 reported previously, including two deaths.