It’s important to understand the symptoms during this outbreak:
- Fever
- Cold hands and feet
- Sensitivity to light
- Flu/‘hangover’ like symptoms
- A rash which doesn’t disappear
🚨 BREAKING: The UK Health Security Agency says MenB bacteria is the strain behind the meningitis outbreak in Kent
Most teens are only vaccinated against MenACWY strains, not the MenB strain
Only babies born after 2015 were offered the MenB vaccine on the NHS