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Fourth case of meningitis confirmed in Reading

A junior school pupil is said by health officials to be ‘recovering well’.

Evening Standard

Hantavirus: Britain secures experimental Japanese drug to strengthen response

Britain has received experimental favipiravir from Japan to treat a deadly hantavirus outbreak. The drug is not licensed in the UK and its use for hantavirus is experimental. The outbreak involves Andes virus, which can spread between people. Health officials confirm no increased transmissibility or pandemic risk.

The Economic Times

Hantavirus outbreak: Nine UK citizens exposed on cruise ship flown back to Britain for isolation

Nine UK citizens, potentially exposed to hantavirus on the MV Hondius cruise ship, are under observation in Britain after returning from overseas. The outbreak has tragically claimed three lives, with others in quarantine globally. Health officials are coordinating monitoring and repatriation efforts, ensuring safe return for those at risk.

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Medic with hantavirus symptoms monitored in UK hospital as 9 people linked to cruise arrive

UKHSA said Britons from St Helena and Ascension Island are expected to arrive in the UK on Sunday evening

The Independent UK

Charity chief calls for wider rollout of meningitis vaccine

A college student died in Oxfordshire after contracting the disease.

Evening Standard

Meningitis outbreak sparks alarm after student dies and 2 others fall ill in Reading Area

Health authorities are investigating a meningitis outbreak in the Reading and Oxfordshire area after one student died and two others were hospitalized. The cases appear linked through social groups of young people, prompting concern and precautionary measures. Experts urge vigilance for symptoms, especially in teenagers and young adults.

The Times of India

Father pays tribute to ‘kind-hearted’ son who died after contracting meningitis

Lewis Waters, who attended Henley college in Oxfordshire, was one of three cases reported in Berkshire outbreak

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Hantavirus ‘can remain in semen for six years’ representing transmission risk, according to study

55-year-old man who recovered from hantavirus infection still had virus in his semen 71 months later

The Independent UK

UK sends rapid response team to remote island after hantavirus cruise ship outbreak

The UK has sent a rapid support team to the remote island of St Helena

The Independent UK

Father of student who died of meningitis pays tribute to ‘kind-hearted’ son

Lewis Waters, who attended Henley College in Oxfordshire, was one of three cases reported in the outbreak.

Evening Standard

‘Life won’t be the same now he’s gone’: Tributes paid to student who died of meningitis in Reading

Lewis Waters, who attended Henley College in Oxfordshire, was one of three cases reported in the outbreak

The Independent UK

Hantavirus Outbreak Update: Three Dead On Cruise As Deadly Andes Strain Triggers UK Quarantine Rules

UK residents are under precautionary monitoring after being linked to a Hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship. Public health officials stress the risk to the wider public remains low.

International Business Times UK

UK student dies of Meningitis as expert warns disease can be ‘very lethal’

A college student in the UK has died from meningitis while two others are receiving treatment, health officials said as reported by BBC.

The Times of India

Pupils at different Reading schools treated for meningitis after student dies

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Evening Standard

Schools at centre of meningitis outbreak in Reading named

The UK Health Security Agency said the patients attended Reading Blue Coat School and Highdown Secondary School and Sixth Form Centre.

Evening Standard

Meningitis outbreak in Reading: Everything we know so far

Close contacts of people linked to the outbreak in the London commuter town are being offered antibiotics as a precaution

The Independent UK

Deadly Oxfordshire meningitis strain is different to in Kent, say experts

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The Independent UK

Meningitis strain behind Oxfordshire outbreak different to Kent strain, health officials say

One person has died in the outbreak

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Hantavirus Transmission Risk: Recovered Patients Warned Virus Can Survive In Human Sperm For Six Years

Researchers discovered hantavirus can remain in human semen for nearly six years, raising concerns about potential sexual transmission and prompting a review of health guidelines.

The Independent UK

One dead and two being treated after meningitis outbreak in Reading

A student has died and two other young people are receiving treatment following a meningitis outbreak in Reading.

Evening Standard

Meningitis outbreak Reading: Student dead and two other young people treated

The student who has died went to Henley College in Oxfordshire, with close contacts of the cases being offered antibiotics as a precaution

Evening Standard

Student dies and two people being treated after meningitis outbreak in Reading

One of the cases has been confirmed as meningitis B, which was the same strain behind a cluster of fatal cases in Kent earlier this year.

The Independent UK

Student dies in fresh meningitis outbreak in Reading

Two people are currently being treated with one of the cases confirmed as meningitis B

The Guardian - UK

Six from hantavirus cruise ship leave Arrowe Park hospital to isolate at home

Passengers will remain in isolation for 45 days of isolation, with health officials confirming they remain asymptomatic

The Times of India

Hantavirus outbreak: Passengers evacuated from cruise ship to leave hospital after 72-hour quarantine

Passengers evacuated from the virus-hit Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius are set to begin leaving a specialist isolation facility in the UK after completing an initial 72-hour quarantine period, as health officials continue efforts to contain a rare hantavirus outbreak linked to the vessel.

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