Kent County Council has confirmed that all mainstream schools are open as normal. However, two specialist schools—Nore Academy (SEMH) and the co-located alternative provision Estuary Academy Island—have been closed as a precaution.
Two schools in Kent have announced closures while more have recorded positive cases of meningitis as the Government warns of an "unprecedented" surge. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said it was continuing to investigate the outbreak, which has been linked to a nightclub in the southeast England region and killed two students.
Hundreds of people who visited Club Chemistry in Canterbury on March 5, 6 or 7 have been urged to come forward for preventative antibiotic treatment as a "precautionary measure". Earlier today the Government agency said they had been "notified of 15 cases of invasive meningococcal disease with epidemiological links to Canterbury, Kent" as of 5pm yesterday. The agency says that all cases have been hospitalised, and four of them have been confirmed through testing as the MenB strain.
Juliette, 18, a sixth form pupil at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School tragically died from the illness on Saturday. A 21-year-old University of Kent student has also died from meningitis.
Kent County Council has confirmed that all mainstream schools are open as normal. However, two specialist schools—Nore Academy (SEMH) and the co-located alternative provision Estuary Academy Island—have been closed as a precaution.
The impact has been felt across several secondary schools in the region.
