A meningitis outbreak in Kent has led to 2 deaths because the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) confirms 13 circumstances from Friday to Sunday within the Canterbury space.
The UKHSA has advised greater than 30,000 individuals within the space to look out for signs together with rash, fever, headache, vomiting, diarrhoea, and muscle ache.
There are at the moment two meningitis vaccines obtainable within the UK, for infants and youngsters, however the MenB jab shouldn’t be obtainable to teenagers.
Dr Leyla Hannbeck, CEO of the Independent Pharmacies Association, urged: “Whilst most young children will have had the MenB vaccine, as part of childhood immunisation since 2015, many teenagers and young adults will not have this vital protection.
“The NHS needs to urgently commission pharmacies to deliver an immediate catch-up programme targeted at university students and teenagers born before 2015.”
Former public well being minister Ashley Dalton urged “all parents and guardians to ensure their children are up to date with their meningitis vaccinations as well as those eligible.”
Dr Simon Clarke, affiliate professor of mobile microbiology on the University of Reading, says vaccines stay the “best protection” for meningitis.
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