Number of meningitis cases rise to 20 and private vaccine supplies run out

Thousands of students and their families were given antibiotics at the University of Kent as a precaution against meningitis (Picture: Mark Large/Daily Mail)

The number of meningitis cases being investigated has surged to 20 after the Kent ‘super-spreader’ outbreak.

Health officials are battling to contain the outbreak of meningitis in Canterbury, Kent, with thousands given preventative antibiotics to prevent the deadly infection that has left two dead.

Already, private supplies of meningitis B vaccines have run out...