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One dead and two ill after meningitis cases in Reading

www.bbc.com·Nathan Briant·18 days ago
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2 hours ago Nathan Briant and Charlotte Coles, South of England BBC A GP surgery in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, said it was in contact with the UKHSA following the death of a student at Henley College with suspected meningococcal disease A college student has died and two people are being treated after cases of meningitis in Reading, Berkshire, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said. It said close contacts of those affected were being offered antibiotics as a precaution. The agency said the person who died was a student at Henley College, in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, and it was sharing information about the infection with students and parents at all affected schools. It added the risk to the wider public was low. The UKHSA said one case had been confirmed as Meningitis B (MenB) and it was awaiting further testing results. It has not said what the link to Reading was.…

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