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Health Secretary Wes Streeting visits a meningitis vaccination centre in Kent, near to where 15 people are confirmed to have contracted meningitis B, including two people who have died from the infection. Report by Keechl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00Well, it's great to see the rapid mobilisation of the vaccination centre here in Canterbury.
00:05We've got a steady stream of students coming through, over 600 vaccines administered on the first afternoon, which is really
00:13encouraging.
00:14We have seen an increase in cases reported today.
00:18We've now got 15 confirmed, 12 suspected cases, and sadly, of course, we've had two tragic fatalities.
00:27I would expect that number of suspected cases to increase further in the coming days, as this has a 7
00:38-10 day incubation period.

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