A total of 29 confirmed or suspected cases of meningitis have now been linked to the Kent outbreak, which is thought to have originated in a Canterbury nightclub.
Although no cases have been confirmed in Yorkshire, local medical professionals say they are keeping alert.
“Some people have left university in Canterbury already and come home so we’re concerned that those patients actually do need to be followed up and do need to be offered vaccinations,” said Dr Brian McGregor, medical secretary at YOR Local Medical Committee.
The strain linked to the outbreak is MenB and routine vaccinations against it only began to be rolled out in 2015, meaning the current generation of students and others in their late teens were not protected.
“We’ll know within two to three weeks whether it’s been contained but the expectation is that the measures that have been put in place should be sufficient,” said McGregor.