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Meningitis outbreak at University of Kent and three schools kills two young people with 11 in hospital
Health•March 16, 2026 at 7:21 PMNational

Meningitis outbreak at University of Kent and three schools kills two young people with 11 in hospital

By Kevin Rawlinson, Sally Weale and Matty Edwards•The Guardian - UK News

Deaths of student and sixth-former named as Juliette announced as long queues for antibiotics form at Canterbury campusA university and three schools have been struck by an outbreak of invasive meningitis that has killed two young people and left 11 others in hospital.One of the young people to have died was a student at the University of Kent, while the second was a sixth-former at Queen Elizabeth’s grammar school (QEGS) in Faversham. Continue reading...

Deaths of student and sixth-former named as Juliette announced as long queues for antibiotics form at Canterbury campus

A university and three schools have been struck by an outbreak of invasive meningitis that has killed two young people and left 11 others in hospital.

One of the young people to have died was a student at the University of Kent, while the second was a sixth-former at Queen Elizabeth’s grammar school (QEGS) in Faversham.

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