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Father of teen who died of meningitis says family are 'beyond devastated'

BBC News·@Bbc·2 months ago
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A father says his family is "beyond devastated" after his daughter died of meningitis, as the strain of the disease in an outbreak in Kent is identified. The family have "no words to express their loss" after Juliette, who was a sixth form pupil at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School in Faversham, died on Saturday, the father said. The 18-year-old, and a 21-year-old student at the University of Kent, died following the outbreak of "invasive" meningitis, which has also left 11 people ill in the Canterbury area. Dr Gayatri Amirthalingam, from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), said meningitis B has been identified as the strain behind the cases. MenB is the most common cause of meningococcal meningitis in the UK, but routine vaccinations were only rolled out in 2015 so the current generation of students and others in their late teens would not be covered.…

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