One dead and two more ill after meningitis outbreak in Berkshire

The Guardian — May 14, 17:48 PM

Cases follow a recent outbreak in Kent that killed two and left more than a dozen others in hospital in March

One person has died and two more are being treated after an outbreak of meningitis in Berkshire, health officials have said.

It follows https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/18/kent-meningitis-outbreak-has-been-contained-health-officials-believe">a major outbreak in Kent, linked to a Canterbury nightclub, that killed two people and left more than a dozen others needing hospital treatment in March.

On Thursday, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) confirmed new cases had been found in Reading, and that a student had died.