This is The Guardian.

Late on Sunday, news emerged of a meningitis outbreak in the south-east of England, among university and school students.

Hundreds of students are queuing for antibiotics this lunchtime

following a meningitis outbreak in Canterbury.

A year-13 pupil named by her teacher as Juliet,

and a 21-year-old from the University of Kent have died.

There have since been an additional 13 confirmed cases,

an unusually high number for a bacterial meningitis outbreak.

The strain has been identified as men be,

and scientists and public health officials

are racing to find out how and why so many have been

infected. The outbreak of invasive meningitis has been linked to this nightclub in Canterbury,

the popular venue now closed until further notice. In the meantime, alongside the offer of

antibiotics, the UK Health Security Agency has said it plans to launch a small vaccination program for students who live at the University of Kent's Canterbury Campus Halls of Residence.

Right now, most people born before 2015 in the UK won't have been offered the men be vaccine, but in light

of the sad deaths of two young people, questions are being asked about whether this should change.

So today, what you need to know about the meningitis outbreak so far?

From The Guardian, I'm Madeleine Finley, and this is Science Weekly.

Dr Eliza Gill, you're a clinical lecturer specialising in infectious disease at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical

Medicine. First off, what is meningitis? So meningitis essentially catch all term for anything

that causes inflammation of the membranes that surround the brain. So the brain is floating in

fluid to protect it from bashing against the skull.

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