Health agency names two schools affected by Berkshire meningitis outbreak

Students from Reading Blue Coat school, and Highdown secondary school and Sixth Form Centre receiving treatment Two schools attended by pupils receiving treatment for meningitis have been named amid an outbreak of the infection in Berkshire which has caused the death of a student. The patients attend Reading Blue Coat school and Highdown secondary school and Sixth Form Centre, according to the UK Health Security Agency. Their close contacts have been offered antibiotics as a precaution. Continue