‘Videos are terrifying’: Students describe fear spreading on social media after two die of meningitis in Canterbury

University of Kent students queue for antibiotics and have exams moved online as officials try to control outbreakOn Monday morning, nine days after a night out at Club Chemistry, a night club in Canterbury, Joe Bradshaw realised he had been linked to the meningitis outbreak that has killed two...

<p>University of Kent students queue for antibiotics and have exams moved online as officials try to control outbreak</p><p>On Monday morning, nine days after a night out at Club Chemistry, a night club in Canterbury, Joe Bradshaw realised he had been linked to the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/15/two-die-and-11-seriously-ill-in-meningitis-outbreak-at-university-of-kent">meningitis outbreak that has killed two</a> people, a university student and a sixth-former, in the city.</p><p>He ran through the week in his mind, beginning to worry about those he had been in contact with.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/16/students-fear-spreading-online-meningitis-outbreak-canterbury">Continue reading...</a>
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