Cases of meningitis expected to rise in ‘unusual outbreak’, British health chief says

Students wait in line at the entrance to the sports hall at the University of Kent campus in Canterbury, where the rollout of a meningitis B vaccine has begun (Gareth Fuller/PA)

The number of cases of meningitislinked to the Kent, in the UK outbreak is likely to rise, a health leader has said, as experts look at whether the bacteria have become able to transmit more easily.

Professor Robin May, chief scientific officer at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), said: “This is a very unusual outbreak.”