This week has shown how utterly devastating and shocking meningitis can be.
One day you can be incredibly fit and healthy with the world at your feet. Twenty-four hours later you can be in intensive care as bacteria invade the lining of your brain and poison your blood.
Bacterial meningitis has become rare in the UK, but occasionally there are small clusters reported.
In this instance, the first case was reported to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) on 13 March and public warnings came out two days later, on Sunday night.
The size and speed of the outbreak, which has now affected 34 people, killing two of them, has been labelled "unprecedented".
