3 Meningitis B Cases in Dorset: Symptoms & Precautions

0:00On April 17, three cases of meningitis, B. just got confirmed in Dorset, down in Southwest England. All happened between March 20 and April 15, and the folks affected, mostly young students are recovering well after treatment. Two cases were students at Budmath Academy who knew each other, and the third went to Way Valley Academy. Officials haven't linked them directly, hinting the bacteria might be spreading more broadly among youth in the area. In response, close contacts got antibiotics as a precaution, and now secondary school kids in Waymeth, Portland, and Chicareau are lining up for. Both antibiotics and minbi vaccines to stay safe. This isn't connected to their rough outbreak in Kent back in March, where 21 cases hit, and two students sadly died. It was a fast-moving one. But Dorset's situation is way smaller and slower. Health experts are stressing awareness since the disease can hit Quickwatch for fever, headache, fast breathing, drowsiness, chills, vomiting, or cold limbs, and they're on

1:02top of it to keep things contained. Stay sharp out there.