Meningitis circumstances rise as well being secretary to present replace on Kent outbreak

Health Secretary Wes Streeting updates Commons on Meningitis outbreak.

A complete of 15 circumstances of meningitis have now been notified to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), the company says in an announcement.

It says this replace is correct as of 5pm yesterday.

The company says that every one circumstances have been hospitalised, and 4 of them have been confirmed by testing because the MenB pressure.

UKHSA beforehand reported 13 circumstances of meningitis, together with two younger individuals who died, in Kent.

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