Close contacts of people linked to a meningitis outbreak in Reading, in which a student died, are being offered antibiotics as a precaution.Two other young people are being treated after at least one case was confirmed as meningitis B (MenB), which was linked to a cluster of fatal cases in Kent earlier this year.It is understood that the most recent case in Berkshire is not the same strain of MenB linked to the outbreaks in Kent in March.

Close contacts of people linked to a meningitis outbreak in Reading, in which a student died, are being offered antibiotics as a precaution.Two other young people are being treated after at least one case was confirmed as meningitis B (MenB), which was linked to a cluster of fatal cases in Kent earlier this year.It is understood that the most recent case in Berkshire is not the same strain of MenB linked to the outbreaks in Kent in March.