Students queue for meningitis vaccines in Kent

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Students queue for meningitis vaccines in Kent

The number of confirmed or probable meningitis cases in the Kent outbreak has risen to 29 – according to the latest figures from the UK’s health security agency.

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Hundreds more students at Kent University in Canterbury have been queueing for vaccines, while 10,000 doses of antibiotics have been given out.

The family of 18-year-old Juliette Kenny, who died a day after showing symptoms, have called for the jabs to be made more widely available.
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Date: March 20, 2026