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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Denis Campbell and Nicola Davis

Desperate parents calling pharmacies for meningitis jab as stocks run low

Students queueing along a pavement next to a lawn
Students queueing for antibiotics at the University of Kent in Canterbury on Monday. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

Worried parents are contacting pharmacies in an “increasingly desperate” effort to get their children vaccinated against meningitis after the outbreak in Kent that has killed two young people and left 13 seriously ill.

The surge in demand has led to stocks of the vaccine running so low that many pharmacies cannot get hold of supplies from wholesalers.

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