HSE monitoring meningitis outbreak in England with help of UK health authorities

A student receiving an injection in the sports hall at the University of Kent campus in England as the number of cases of meningitis being investigated by the UK Health Security Agency in Kent has risen to 27. Picture: Gareth Fuller/PA

The HSE has said it is in regular contact with UK health authorities following an outbreak of meningitis in southern England.

It said its national public health team has been communicating with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), which says the situation is evolving and further cases are possible.