University of Kent students queue for antibiotics and have exams moved online as officials try to control outbreak
On Monday morning, nine days after a night out at Club Chemistry, a nightclub in Canterbury, Joe Bradshaw realised he had been linked to the meningitis outbreak that has killed two people, a university student and a sixth-former, in the city.
He ran through the week in his mind, beginning to worry about those he had been in contact with.
“I’m less concerned about my own health than spreading [the infection] to other vulnerable people,” he said. “My mum’s just come out of surgery so her immune system is relatively suppressed.”
Bradshaw, 23, is one of the many young people in the cathedral city shocked by news of the outbreak. Hundreds of students at the University of Kent spent the day queueing for antibiotics. All of their in-person exams have been moved online as authorities seek to bring the situation under control.
