UKHSA says on Monday morning there has been no change since 20 cases were confirmed on Sunday
There have been no new cases of meningitis linked to an outbreak in Kent reported, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said.
As of 12.30pm on Sunday, 20 cases had been confirmed and a further nine were under investigation. This was no change on the previous day, the UKHSA said in a statement on Monday morning.
On Sunday the health secretary, Wes Streeting, praised the “herculean efforts” to protect people. On Friday officials warned of the potential for “sporadic” household clusters to appear in other parts of the country.
After further testing of samples, the total number of cases dropped from 34 on Saturday.
