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Meningitis B outbreak hits schools in Weymouth prompting fresh vaccine rollout

Antibiotics and vaccines are being offered to young people in school years 7 to 13 across the Weymouth, Portland and Chickerell areas of Dorset

The Independent UK

Meningitis B: Jabs and antibiotics offered as three cases found in Weymouth

The UK Health Security Agency said the three cases were confirmed between March 20 and April 15.

Evening Standard

Smyth's Toys asbestos alert: Everything you need to know

Smyths Toys was forced to recall a number of its products over concerns they contained asbestos

Evening Standard

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Cape Verde Lawsuit Grows as Eighth Brit Dies and Over 1,500 Fall Ill in Holiday Outbreak

A legal case expands as an eighth British tourist dies from a Shigella outbreak in Cape Verde, raising concerns about hygiene standards at resorts.

International Business Times UK

Kent’s meningitis outbreak taught me that post-Covid Britain is not as divided as many feared

The government’s plan was clear and communities have followed its guidance – with young people leading the way, says Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh

The Guardian - UK

Polio virus detected in London days before ministers cut global eradication funding

Campaigner criticises ‘shortsighted and self-defeating’ decision and says it increases risk to the UK public

The Guardian - UK

Warning issued to holidaymakers over surging tropical illnesses

The infection causes fever and severe joint pain, muscle pain, headache, nausea, fatigue and rash

The Independent UK

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New Covid strain that could evade protection from vaccine found in UK

The Covid variant BA.3.2 has been detected in 23 countries including the UK

The Independent UK

Meningitis outbreak: ‘We’re not out of the woods yet,’ says Streeting

It has emerged that a hospital missed a chance to report a case to health officials sooner.

Evening Standard

NHS hospital trust in Kent accused of failing to report suspected meningitis case

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The Independent UK

Hospital trust ‘missed earlier opportunity to raise alarm about meningitis case’

It is reported a patient first presented to a hospital in Margate on the evening of Wednesday March 11.

Evening Standard

Hospital trust ‘missed earlier opportunity’ to raise alarm on Kent meningitis case

The hospital trust said it ‘recognised’ it could have notified UKHSA earlier

The Independent UK

NHS took two days to raise alarm about Kent meningitis outbreak

Dr Des Holden, acting chief executive of East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust, told the BBC officials could have acted sooner

Evening Standard

Should I be concerned about shigella in Cape Verde? What you need to know as cases rise causing diarrhoea and fever

Exclusive: Recent reports of shigella outbreaks on the islands off the coast of West Africa have caused alarm among holidaymakers – but how worried do we really need to be? These are the facts and figures, as well as expert advice

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The Guardian - UK

Meningitis B vaccine scheme widened to include some year 11 pupils in Kent

Scheme expanded to four schools with known or suspected cases, as UKHSA figures show number has fallen to 23

Evening Standard

MenB jab to be offered to some Year 11 school pupils in Kent as cases fall

As of 12.30pm on Monday, 20 cases of meningitis had been confirmed, with a further three under investigation.

The Guardian - UK

No new meningitis cases linked to Kent outbreak found, health agency says

UKHSA reports 29 cases, the same figure as on Sunday, raising hopes the outbreak has been well contained

Evening Standard

No new cases of meningitis linked to Kent outbreak reported – UKHSA

Health Secretary Wes Streeting praised the ‘Herculean efforts’ to protect people.

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Euronews

Meningitis B cases in the UK drop as authorities expand vaccination

The number of confirmed cases in the Kent meningitis B outbreak has fallen to 29 following laboratory reclassification, according to United Kingdom health authorities.

The Independent UK

Meningitis B latest: Streeting praises ‘herculean efforts’ of NHS staff as meningitis cases fall

About 9,000 jabs and over 12,000 courses of preventative treatments have been handed out

Evening Standard

Second UK site reports student ill with suspected meningitis 'not linked to Kent outbreak'

It comes after two people died from meningitis in Kent last week

Evening Standard

Streeting praises ‘Herculean efforts’ in meningitis outbreak

The number of cases of meningitis linked to an outbreak in Kent has dropped.

The Guardian - UK

Number of confirmed meningitis cases linked to fatal Kent outbreak drops to 20

Three cases previously confirmed reclassified by UK Health Security Agency after further testing

Evening Standard

Meningitis cases in Kent drop as vaccine rollout continues

The total number of cases confirmed or under investigation has fallen from 34 on Saturday to 29 on Sunday.

The Independent UK

Meningitis cases linked to Kent outbreak fall after additional testing

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