The number of meningitis cases linked to the Kent outbreak has risen to 34 after five more were identified.
In an update on Saturday, the UK Health and Security Agency said the total number of confirmed and suspected cases had increased to 34, up from 29 on Friday.
Hundreds of students at the University of Kent joined queues to be vaccinated for the third day on Saturday, after two people died from the disease.
Health chiefs have suggested the peak of the outbreak, described as “unprecedented” because of the large number of cases linked to a “superspreader” event at a Canterbury nightclub, has passed, but said cases may continue to rise in the coming days.
However they warned “sporadic household cases” of meningitis B could spread outside the epicentre of the outbreak in Kent.
On Friday, Dr Anjan Ghosh, Kent County Council’s public health director, said it was most likely that it would be contained in Kent with a few additional cases outside of the county, “which can be easily contained”.
Officials said secondary cases could involve people who were not infected at the nightclub, but caught the illness from someone who was there.
