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| Title: | Health experts say 'risk low' as fourth meningitis case confirmed |
| Link: | Original article on liverpoolecho.co.uk |
| Region: | GB |
| Topics: | confirmed; outbreak; fourth; public; died; meningitis; experts; say; kent; school; risk; reading; case; health; low; Meningitis; UK Health Security Agency; Sixth form; Reading Blue Coat School; Vomiting; Headache; Daily Mirror; Infection |
| Datetime: | 5/19/2026, 10:51:46 AM |
| Summary: | Fourth meningitis case confirmed in Reading as health experts say 'public risk low'Symptoms of meningitis include high temperature, severe headache, vomiting and confusionView 2 Images The latest cases of meningitis in Reading follow a major outbreak in Kent (file photo) (Image: Ian Vogler / Daily Mirror)Health experts insist 'risk to wider public remains low' after a fourth meningitis case was confirmed in Reading. They are Reading Blue Coat School and Highdown Secondary School and Sixth Form Centre. Dr Rachel Mearkle, consultant in health protection at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), said: "A fourth case of meningococcal disease has been confirmed in Reading. "This fourth case has links with the same wider social network as the other cases, where measures, including antibiotic prophylaxis, have already been implemented." View 2 Images A fourth Meningitis case has been confirmed (Image: Getty Images/Science Photo Library RF)"The risk to the wider public remains low and this case is not linked to the incidents in Kent or Dorset," she said.... |
