British health authorities are investigating a meningitis outbreak in the Kent region, southeast of England, which has left two students from Catenbury and Kent University dead and 11 others seriously ill.
Meningitis Now charity chief executive Dr. Tom Nutt said babies, children and teenagers were most at risk, and the bacterial infection had a greater chance of spreading through social interactions and shared accommodation at colleges and universities and spread more slowly than respiratory viruses such as colds and flu.
“Cases of the disease are decreasing thanks to the effectiveness of the vaccine, which is now available on the NHS Dr. Nutt.
"So, to have a large number of cases like this in Canterbury, I think, is quite surprising and very unusual," he added.
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