Kent's meningitis outbreak - how it exploded, can it be stopped?

What began as an evening out at a nightclub in Kent has rapidly spiralled into a "super-spreader" event that has left doctors stunned and two young people dead. This surge in Meningitis B cases has triggered a public health alert, leaving the UK scrambling as private vaccine supplies run dry. So how can the authorities contain this unprecedented outbreak?

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Eleanor Hayward, Health Editor, The Times.
Professor Paul Hunter, Professor in Medicine, the University of East Anglia.
Niamh Curran, reporter, The Times Enterprise Network.

Host: Manveen Rana.

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