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close contacts have been offered antibiotics as a precaution. The agency confirmed on Thursday that a [student who attended Henley college, in Oxfordshire, had died from the infection](https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/14/meningitis-outbreak-berkshire). Dr Rachel Mearkle
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 the Weymouth, Portland and Chickerell areas of Dorset
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
Close contacts linked to all three are being offered antibiotics as a precaution. In a statement, Henley College said its "thoughts and sincere condolences are with the student's family and friends at this extremely
meningitis and even measles." Malani likens contact tracing to monitoring ripples in a pond, "trying to prevent those outer rings from propagating by isolating individuals and by identifying individuals who might be at risk