Meningitis Outbreak in Kent: Not Over Yet

0:00It's March 25th. Welcome in. This is Europe News Today, where European News meets AI. I'm Corey with the story. Health Secretary Westreading warned that the meningitis outbreak in kin is not over yet, even as confirmed cases begin to drop. Two young people have died, including an 18-year-old student and a university of kinstudent. As of Tuesday afternoon, 20 lab confirmed cases were reported, with two more under investigation. The first patient arrived at a market hospital on the evening of Wednesday, March 11. Staff there waited until Friday, March 13th, to notify the UK Health Security Agency, missing the 24-hour legal requirement by two hours. Streating called this unacceptable and demanded a full explanation. Local health and education teams have mounted a strong response, vaccinating over 10,000 university of kinstudent since Wednesday, March 18th, and distributing more than 13,000 antibiotic doses by Monday morning, March 24th.

1:00All patients needed hospital admission, with nine in intensive care, and four still there. Cases are falling day by day, but officials expect some to appear elsewhere in the coming weeks, as happens in a typical year. Every new case will get lab tests to check links to kin. Streating stress that diseases high risks, despite treatments, keeping the two lost lives front and center as teens work to contain it fully.