Desperate parents calling pharmacies for meningitis jab as stocks run low

Supplies becoming sparse amid rise in demand since Kent outbreak, which has killed two and left 13 seriously ill

Worried parents are contacting pharmacies in an increasingly desperate" effort to get their children vaccinated against meningitis after the outbreak in Kent that has killed two young people and left 13 seriously ill.

The surge in demand has led to stocks of the vaccine running so low that many pharmacies cannot get hold of supplies from wholesalers.