Déjà vu or an "unprecedented" outbreak

Tracking deaths from meningococcal disease

The news broke across the UK on Monday, 16 March, that there was a confirmed outbreak of meningococcal disease in Kent. Such outbreaks have happened before, but this spread is noted to be faster and larger, with 20 confirmed cases and two deaths as of 25 March.

Using the Preventable Deaths Tracker’s tools, we can rapidly identify similar events where le…