No new meningitis cases linked to Kent outbreak reported, health agency says
UKHSA says on Monday morning there has been no change since 20 cases were confirmed on Sunday There have been no new cases of meningitis linked to an outbreak in Kent reported, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said. As of 12.30pm on Sunday, 20 cases had been confirmed , with a further nine under investigation. This was no change on the previous day, the UKHSA said in a statement on Monday morning.
UKHSA reports 29 cases, the same figure as on Sunday, raising hopes the outbreak has been well contained
No new cases of meningitis linked to the outbreak in Kent have been detected, raising hopes that it has been well contained and has not led to people elsewhere catching the disease.
The number of people affected remains at 29, of which 20 are are confirmed and nine probable cases in what health officials say is an “explosive” outbreak – the biggest to occur in the UK in a generation.
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