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Meningitis B (MenB) and are the same sub-strain type, but a different sub-strain to the one detected recently in Kent. The two pupils at Budmouth Academy are contacts of each other. Close contacts
among young people in the area. As a precaution, close contacts of the confirmed cases have been offered antibiotics, while further antibiotics, alongside the MenB vaccination, are being offered to all secondary school students across
B in Kent](https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/18/kent-meningitis-outbreak-has-been-contained-health-officials-believe) earlier this year along with clusters of cases in [Dorset](https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/17/three-meningitis-b-cases-confirmed-in-dorset-as-vaccinations-offered-to-young-people) and [Berkshire](https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/15/father-tribute-to-son-who-died-after-contracting-meningitis) that, together, led to the deaths of three young people. While