00:06Well, it's great to see the rapid mobilisation of the vaccination centre here in Canterbury.
00:12We've got a steady stream of students coming through, over 600 vaccines administered on the
00:18first afternoon, which is really encouraging. We have seen an increase in cases reported today.
00:25We've now got 15 confirmed, 12 suspected cases, and sadly, of course, we've had two tragic fatalities.
00:34I would expect that number of suspected cases to increase further in the coming days,
00:43as this has a 7-10 day incubation period. The vaccination campaign's underway. Today,
00:49I can announce we're going further. We are now encouraging anyone who attended Club Chemistry
00:57from the 5th of March until it voluntarily closed to come forward for both antibiotics and vaccination.
01:06Furthermore, we're expanding vaccination to anyone who's previously been offered the prophylactic
01:13antibiotic. That will include a larger number of students here at the University of Kent,
01:19it will include some students at Canterbury Christchurch University, and it will also include
01:24six formers at four schools where we've got known or suspected cases.
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