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Meningitis infections result from close and prolonged physical contact and spreads more slowly than Covid.

James Gallagher examines the outbreak of bacterial meningitis in Kent.

James Gallagher examines the outbreak of bacterial meningitis in Kent.

Students and older teens have not been vaccinated against the strain that has caused the outbreak of cases in Kent.

Vaccines are being offered to 5,000 students at the University of Kent, where there is a outbreak, from Wednesday.

Scotland would have become the first part of the UK to legalise the process had MSPs backed the proposals.