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More meningitis vaccination centres are due to open across Kent today to help meet demand, after more than 100 students were turned away trying to get the jab amid the deadly outbreak.
Some queueing for vaccines at the University of Kent were turned away on Thursday.
Anyone who was at Club Chemistry in Canterbury from 5 March to 15 March advised to get antibiotics and vaccinationThe government has announced a major expansion in vaccination against meningitis in Ke...
Students and older teens are not routinely vaccinated against the meningitis strain behind the Kent outbreak.
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The Canterbury nightclub has been linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak in Kent.
Health workers across England are urged to look out for signs of infection as thousands have jabs.
There are growing calls for a statutory public inquiry into maternity services in Oxford.
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There is growing confidence that the 20 people diagnosed with the illness have not infected anyone outside the areaHealth officials increasingly believe they have contained the fatal outbreak of menin...
Meningitis infections result from close and prolonged physical contact and spreads more slowly than Covid.
Twenty people are confirmed or suspected to have fallen ill with meningitis in the Canterbury area.
There have been 20 cases since the weekend in one small area of Kent - but this isn't the normal pattern, so what could have happened?
Cases of MenB linked to Canterbury nightclub have risen to 20, with two deaths, as experts warn of ‘explosive’ outbreakMeningitis infections in a county in the south-east of England continue to increa...
Vaccines are being offered to 5,000 students at the University of Kent, where there is a outbreak.
Thousands of students to be offered vaccines in response to quickest-growing outbreak experts have seenThe number of meningitis infections linked to Kent continues to grow, with five confirmed new cas...
Questions are being asked about whether the NHS and authorities should have raised the alarm sooner.
Khali Goodwin's daughter Keeleigh is recovering after being admitted to hospital with meningitis.