'Household' clusters of meningitis linked to Kent outbreak could appear across UK over next month as students return home for Easter, experts warn

Kent County Council's director of public health Dr Anjan Ghosh told a briefing in Canterbury today that three scenarios are being looked at over the next four weeks.


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