- The number of meningitis cases in Kent has risen to 34, including 23 confirmed cases and 11 still under investigation, up from a previous total of 29.
- Two students have died in the outbreak, including 18-year-old Juliette Kenny and another student from the University of Kent.
- Hundreds of students and other eligible individuals queued for a third consecutive day at the University of Kent campus clinic for meningitis vaccinations, with over 400 lining up on Saturday.
- As of Friday evening, health authorities had administered 5,794 vaccines and distributed 11,010 courses of antibiotics across Kent to help control the outbreak.
- Public health officials are urging vigilance for symptoms and reassuring the public that the risk to the wider population remains low, despite warnings of potential small, sporadic clusters appearing elsewhere.
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