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Deadly Meningitis Bacteria Outbreak In Canterbury

Deadly Meningitis Bacteria Outbreak In Canterbury

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Health chiefs have identified 13 cases of meningitis since 13 March, it's been revealed.

The UK Health Security Agency said the number included two people who have since died.

One of the deceased was Juliette, a student at the Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School in Faversham, the school's headteacher confirmed.

The other was a student at the University of Kent in Canterbury.

Another case has been confirmed at the Norton Knatchbull School in Ashford, which reported a pupil in Year 13 was in hospital with meningitis.

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