Meningitis: Fatal outbreak in Kent is less targeted strain B, officials confirm: Video 1

Key Points

• To investigate the cause of a fatal meningitis outbreak in Kent and identify the responsible strain.
• Analysis of reported meningitis cases in the Kent region
• Identification of bacterial strains
• Epidemiological assessment of the outbreak
• Outbreak confirmed to be linked to a less targeted strain of meningitis
• Several fatalities reported during the outbreak
• Increased public health monitoring initiated in response to the outbreak