Watch LIVE as health officials give update as meningitis cases rise again in Kent

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Watch LIVE as health officials give update as meningitis cases rise again in Kent

Health officials will face questions over their handling of a meningitis outbreak on Friday as the family of a teen who died have described their loss.

More than 100 students in Kent were turned away from a queue on the university’s Canterbury campus while trying to get a meningitis B vaccine on Thursday.

On Friday, health partners are due to attend a media briefing in the county to give updates on the deadly outbreak. Suspected and confirmed cases of meningitis linked to the outbreak have risen to 29.

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Date: March 20, 2026