Dr Tom Nutt, chief executive of Meningitis Now, said the charity has long believed that the vaccine should be given to all teenagers and young adults.

Fresh calls for a wider rollout of meningitis vaccines have emerged in the United Kingdom after a teenage student from Oxfordshire died after contracting the disease.

Dr Tom Nutt, chief executive of Meningitis Now, said the charity has long believed that the vaccine should be given to all teenagers and young adults.