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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Tara Cobham,Dan Haygarth and Rebecca Whittaker

Meningitis outbreak latest: Kent university cancels in-person exams as school pays tribute to pupil

The University of Kent has cancelled in-person exams amid an outbreak of meningitis in the area that has killed two people.

A student at the university became the first person to die in the recent outbreak, and now a school pupil’s life has also been claimed.

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