UK: Meningitis outbreak Reading: Student dead and two other young people treated

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Source: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/...college-student-dead-menb-ukhsa-b1282382.html

Meningitis outbreak Reading: Student dead and two other young people treated
The student who has died went to Henley College in Oxfordshire, with close contacts of the cases being offered antibiotics as a precaution​
Matt Watts
1 day ago


A student has died and two other young people are being treated following an outbreak of meningitis in Reading.

The person who died was a student at Henley College in Oxfordshire.

One of the cases has been confirmed as meningitis B (MenB), which was the same strain behind a cluster of fatal cases in Kent earlier this year.

Close contacts of the cases are being offered antibiotics as a precaution, the the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said, as it reassured that the risk to the public currently remains low.

In a statement issued on Thursday, the UKHSA said that its specialists were “working with local authority and NHS partners following three cases of meningococcal infection (meningitis) in young people in Reading”.​..

 

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Source: https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/...eningitis-case-reported-westwood-farm-school/


Fourth Reading meningitis case reported at Westwood Farm school
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​ A fourth case of meningitis has been found in the Reading area at a junior school in Tilehurst, according to an official letter seen by the Chronicle.

Parents and staff at Westwood Farm Junior School received a letter this evening (Monday, May 18) informing them of a "confirmed case of meningococcal disease" in one of the school's Year 4 students.

The student is "receiving appropriate treatment and recovering well".

The letter is stamped with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) logo, but the Chronicle understands it was circulated by Westwood Farm Headteacher Geraldine Ross via an app the school uses to communicate.​..