{"id":326573,"date":"2026-03-16T21:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T21:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/students-react-to-meningitis-outbreak\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T21:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T21:00:06","slug":"students-react-to-meningitis-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/students-react-to-meningitis-outbreak\/","title":{"rendered":"Students react to meningitis outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/SEZQVpWAEL8\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Students react to meningitis outbreak\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SEZQVpWAEL8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>How are the University of Kent students feeling since the meningitis outbreak?<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>Some students told Channel 4 News that they were feeling \u201csuper scared\u201d as they initially received little information from the university when it first happened.<\/p>\n<p>Two people have died following the outbreak in Canterbury. One was a University of Kent student, and the other attended a grammar school in Faversham.<\/p>\n<p>Health authorities are now contacting around 30,000 people who may have been in close contact with the victims.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How are the University of Kent students feeling since the meningitis outbreak? 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