Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. All News Sport Culture Lifestyle Student dies in Reading meningitis outbreak as contacts offered antibiotics A meningitis outbreak in Oxfordshire has resulted in one death and two other students receiving treatment. The affected students attend Henley College, Reading Blue Coat School, and Highdown Secondary School and Sixth Form Centre in the Reading area. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) confirmed that the strain of meningitis is different from the one responsible for two deaths in Kent earlier this year. Close contacts of the cases have been offered precautionary antibiotics by the UKHSA. Health officials have stated that the risk to the wider public remains low, and there are no plans for a local emergency vaccination programme.…