Deputy Director of the Immunisation and Vaccine Preventable Diseases division at UKHSA Dr Gayatri Amirthalingam says close contacts of meningitis cases at the University of Kent are being offered a course of antibiotics as a preventative measure, which "can be highly effective at limiting and preventing ongoing spread". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
