The UK Health Security Agency said on March 19 that it is investigating an outbreak of invasive meningococcal disease in Kent that, as of March 18, was linked to 27 cases: 15 confirmed and 12 additional linked cases that have not all been laboratory confirmed. The agency said two people have died. The two deaths have been identified as an 18-year-old schoolgirl and a 21-year-old University of Kent student. UKHSA's formal statistical release classifies the 12 unconfirmed cases as probable. Nine of the 15 confirmed linked cases were confirmed meningococcal group B, or MenB, in the statistical release. The public