Meningitis hits Berkshire student death after Kent outbreak; local area in mourning. Berkshire, Royal County, SE England, borders Oxfordshire and London.
A fourth case of meningococcal disease has been confirmed in Reading, Berkshire, linked to a wider social network associated with two deaths in Kent. The pupil at Westwood Farm Junior School is recovering; three cases in Reading and Henley College have prompted precautionary antibiotics for close contacts. Public risk to the wider community remains low.