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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Ian Sample Science editor

The Kent meningitis outbreak: what is happening and why?

Students in face masks queue next to bikesheds.
Students queue to receive vaccines and antibiotics at the University of Kent campus in Canterbury. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

The deadly outbreak of meningitis in Kent has fuelled concerns about how far the disease will spread and seen the return of people wearing masks and queueing for vaccines. The scenes are reminiscent of the Covid crisis, but meningitis is very different. Here we look at how the outbreak has unfolded.

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