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Kent students to be offered targeted meningitis B jabs after two more cases
Health•March 17, 2026 at 7:40 PMNational

Kent students to be offered targeted meningitis B jabs after two more cases

By Matthew Weaver and Aletha Adu•The Guardian - UK News

Vaccination programme to be launched on Canterbury campus as strain B of disease identified in fatal outbreakStudents in Kent are to be offered a targeted vaccination against meningitis B after two more cases in the deadly outbreak were confirmed and pharmacies ran out of vaccine doses.Government scientists have said two people who died in the outbreak had bacterial strain B of the disease, for which most people have not been vaccinated. Continue reading...

Vaccination programme to be launched on Canterbury campus as strain B of disease identified in fatal outbreak

Students in Kent are to be offered a targeted vaccination against meningitis B after two more cases in the deadly outbreak were confirmed and pharmacies ran out of vaccine doses.

Government scientists have said two people who died in the outbreak had bacterial strain B of the disease, for which most people have not been vaccinated.

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