Meningitis outbreak: Cases rise as health secretary says outbreak ‘unprecedented’

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Meningitis outbreak: Cases rise as health secretary says outbreak 'unprecedented'

Wes Streeting, the health secretary, has defended the authorities’ response to what he called an "unprecedented" deadly meningitis outbreak in Kent. The family of a sixth-form pupil who has died say they are "beyond devasted".

Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/meningitis-outbreak-latest-university-student-and-school-pupil-die-as-11-also-fall-ill-13520387

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Date: March 17, 2026