Meningitis in Kent fatal outbreak identified as strain B

2026-03-17 - 08:02

UKHSA says strain involved in outbreak that has killed two people is one that most people are not vaccinated against Government scientists have identified the type of meningitis behind a fatal outbreak in Kent as a strain that most people have not be vaccinated against. Gayatri Amirthalingam, the deputy director of the immunisation and vaccine preventable diseases at the UKHSA, said tests showed it was strain B of the virus. Continue reading...