One dead and two more ill after meningitis outbreak in Berkshire

Cases follow a recent outbreak in Kent that killed two and left more than a dozen others in hospital in March

One person has died and two more are being treated after an outbreak of meningitis in Berkshire, health officials have said.

It follows a major outbreak in Kent, linked to a Canterbury nightclub, that killed two people and left more than a dozen others needing hospital treatment in March. On Thursday, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) confirmed new cases had been found in Reading, and that a student had died.