{"id":326627,"date":"2026-03-16T21:00:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T21:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/everything-we-know-about-the-university-meningitis-outbreak-in-kent\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T21:00:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T21:00:39","slug":"everything-we-know-about-the-university-meningitis-outbreak-in-kent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/everything-we-know-about-the-university-meningitis-outbreak-in-kent\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything we know about the university meningitis outbreak in Kent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/UPJKYQFpsTM\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Everything we know about the university meningitis outbreak in Kent\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UPJKYQFpsTM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Two students from Kent have died, while several more are in hospital, after an outbreak of meningitis in the Canterbury area.<\/p>\n<p>The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said the outbreak is likely to be meningococcal, caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis.<\/p>\n<p>Some students at the University of Kent have been given antibiotics while others are in hospital. 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