Student dies and two more ill in meningitis outbreak in Reading

One young person is dead after another meningitis outbreak in the UK (Picture: Google)

A student has died in a meningitis outbreak which has doctors contacting other young people who may be at risk.

Two others are seriously ill in hospital with fears they have meningitis B (MenB) – the same strain linked to a cluster of deaths of revellers at a Canterbury nightclub.

Close contacts have been offered precautionary antibiotics, while the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) stressed the risk to the wider public remains low.

In a statement, the UKHSA said it is ‘working with local authority and NHS partners’ after identifying three cases of meningococcal infection among young people in the area.

The student who died attended Henley College in Read Entire Article