{"id":584099,"date":"2026-05-14T19:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T19:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/584099\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T19:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T19:07:10","slug":"one-dead-and-two-ill-after-meningitis-cases-in-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/584099\/","title":{"rendered":"One dead and two ill after meningitis cases in Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">She added: &#8220;Anyone can get meningitis, and around 300 to 400 cases of meningococcal disease are diagnosed in England every year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It&#8217;s most common in babies, young children, teenagers, and young adults. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It needs to be treated quickly so it is important to know the signs and symptoms. They can appear in any order and may not all be present, so seek rapid medical attention if there is ever any concern.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Two people died after an outbreak in Kent, thought to have originated in a Canterbury nightclub, earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The UKHSA said a total of 29 confirmed or suspected cases of meningitis were detected after the outbreak in March.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It said young people should check they are up to date with vaccinations, including the MenACWY vaccine offered to pupils in Years 9 and 10. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It remains free on the NHS for people until the age of 25 but does not protect against all strains of meningitis. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The UKHSA said other strains, like MenB, can circulate among young people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"She added: &#8220;Anyone can get meningitis, and around 300 to 400 cases of meningococcal disease are diagnosed in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":584100,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-584099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}