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Streeting says JCVI being asked to see lawsuit for older children to beryllium fixed MenB vaccine

As for wider cohorts, Streeting said he had asked nan Joint Comittee connected Vaccination and Immunisation “to re-examine eligibility for meningitis vaccines”.

He said he was doing this “without prejudicing their decision”.

Streeting says Kent students being offered MenB vaccine successful consequence to meningitis outbreak

Streeting said nan vaccine against MenB has only been disposable connected nan NHS since 2015. That intends students successful Kent will not person been covered.

He went on:

double quotation markGiven nan severity of nan situation, I tin corroborate to nan House that we will statesman a targeted vaccination programme for students surviving successful halls of residence astatine nan University of Kent successful Canterbury, which will statesman successful nan coming days.

Streeting sets retired wellness proposal for anyone astatine consequence from existent outbreak

Streeting said MenB was uncommon, but “a superior and perchance lethal strain of meningococcal disease”.

He went on:

double quotation markThe onset of unwellness is often sudden, and early test and curen pinch antibiotics are vital. It doesn’t dispersed very easily. The germs is passed to others aft a agelong play of adjacent contact, for illustration surviving pinch personification successful shared accommodation, done prolonged kissing aliases sharing vapes and drinks.

However, nan symptoms are besides easy mistaken for different communal conditions, moreover for thing for illustration a hangover.

Streeting went connected to group retired nan existent wellness advice.

double quotation markAnyone who attended Club Chemistry connected 5, 6 aliases 7 March, and anyone who believes they were successful adjacent interaction pinch personification who’s confirmed aliases suspected to person meningitis, should be a curen centre and person antibiotics.

There are 4 centres unfastened successful Canterbury today, pinch 11,000 doses disposable connected site.

Details astir nan location of these centres are disposable on nan UKHSA website, and are being promoted by nan UKHSA … There is nary request to book an appointment.

A azygous people of antibiotics is highly effective successful preventing nan contraction and dispersed of this illness successful 90% of cases.

If you go worried astir yourself, your child, aliases a friend, peculiarly if symptoms are getting worse, please activity aesculapian thief urgently. Anyone pinch symptoms should telephone NHS 111 or, successful an emergency, dial 999 to activity aesculapian attention.

Streeting said he's assured UKHSA 'acted arsenic quickly and comprehensively arsenic possible' successful consequence to outbreak

Streeting said UKHSA activated a full-scale consequence connected Sunday, erstwhile nan afloat standard of nan outbreak was recognised.

Antibiotics were issued and by 6pm connected Sunday a nationalist wellness alert had been issued.

Streeting said he was assured UKHSA “acted arsenic quickly and arsenic comprehensively arsenic possible”.

Streeting said connected Saturday evening hospitals reported that respective young group were presenting pinch symptoms suggestive of meningococcal disease.

All those traced were offered precautionary antibiotics, he said. So far, 700 doses person been administered.

Streeting said UKHSA was notified astir nan first lawsuit connected Friday 13 March. It began tracing adjacent contacts of nan patient’s.

On Saturday UKHSA was successful touch pinch nan University of Kent to guarantee they had nan basal support.

And connected Saturday it was contacted by nan French authorities, who “alerted UKHSA to a 2nd confirmed lawsuit successful France from an individual who had attended nan University of Kent”.

Streeting says meningitis outbreak 'unprecedented', pinch 2 deaths, 4 cases confirmed and 11 nether investigation

Wes Streeting starts his connection by saying his thoughts are pinch nan families of nan 2 young group who person died.

He says, fixed nan sensitivity of this issue, it is important to instrumentality to nan facts.

He says this is “an unprecedented outbreak”.

He says, arsenic of 9.30am this morning, nan UK Health Security Agency has confirmed 4 cases of group B meningococcal illness (which is known arsenic MenB). And 11 cases are nether investigation, he says.

He goes on:

double quotation markThe 2 deaths are associated pinch this cluster. The mostly of cases linked backmost to nan Club Chemistry nightclub complete nan dates of 5, 6 and 7 March and their associated networks. Club chemistry is presently closed voluntarily.

Streeting says these figures will beryllium updated by UKHSA each greeting astatine 9.30am.

Streeting to make connection to MPs astir meningitis outbreak

Wes Streeting, nan wellness secretary, is astir to make a connection to MPs astir nan meningitis outbreak.

Here is simply a Q&A connected this by Nicola Davis published yesterday.

And present is our latest story, by Matthew Weaver.

After nan Streeting statement, Yvette Cooper, nan overseas secretary, will make a connection astir nan Middle East. And past Pat McFadden, nan activity and pensions secretary, will make 1 astir younker employment, covering the plans announced yesterday.

Farage opportunity king's sojourn to US 'absolutely must spell ahead'

Q: Do you deliberation nan king’s sojourn to nan US should still spell ahead?

Farage replied:

double quotation markThere are sizeable tensions betwixt nan American president and nan British premier minister, that is true. And they look to beryllium worsening, frankly, by nan day. I would opportunity that makes nan king’s sojourn moreover much imperative.

And later he said “the king’s sojourn perfectly must spell ahead”.

Q: [From nan Sun] The magnitude of rubbish connected nan streets successful London is “disgusting” and “feral”. What are you going to do astir that?

Farage says he is going to inquire each 450 branches of Reform UK to organise litter-picking days successful their section communities. He says immoderate branches person already done this, wearing Reform UK tabards. He claims he was readying to denote this later, but says he is mentioning it now successful consequence to nan question.

Q: Can you guarantee that, nether a Reform UK government, pensions who only get nan authorities pension won’t salary income tax?

Farage says Robert Jenrick, nan Treasury spokesperson, will make an announcement astir pensions argumentation soon, which will besides screen nan pensions triple lock.

Q: Do you work together pinch Rachel Reeves that we request person alignment pinch nan EU to summation growth?

Farage choked, aliases pretented to choke, arsenic if they thought that he mightiness deliberation this was preposterous. He went on:

double quotation markThe world has changed. Quite really you thief nan British system by aligning much intimately pinch a group of different economies, immoderate of whom are doing moreover worse than we are, I conscionable don’t know.

Q: Do you deliberation Donald Trump made a correction by not anticipating that Iran mightiness adjacent nan strait of Hormuz?

Farage said he did not cognize what nan US intelligence appraisal was.

But he said that he thought Trump launched nan onslaught because he genuinely believed nan Iranians were connected nan verge of obtaining a atomic bomb.

Farage claims Starmer has made 'big strategical mistake' by not backing US complete Iran

In consequence to different mobility astir Donald Trump and nan way, Farage claimed that UK overseas argumentation was “now being being governed by home concerns astir a increasing number of group pinch extremist Islamic views who’ve really been retired bemoaning nan decease of nan ayatollah”.

This is simply a declare nan Conservatives person besides been making.

Farage besides claimed that not supporting nan US successful nan warfare was a “big strategical mistake” by Keir Starmer. He repeated his constituent astir really nan UK could person backed nan US without having to subordinate nan bombing missions.

Farage claims location is now 'no chance' of US agreeing Chagos Islands woody successful ray of Iran warfare developments

Q: Is what Trump is doing successful Iran correct aliases wrong?

Farage said that, successful nan ray of nan UK’s consequence to President Trump’s war, location was now “absolutely nary chance now of nan Americans agreeing to nan Chagos handover”, because Mauritius said they would not o.k. of Diego Garcia being utilized arsenic a guidelines for an onslaught connected Iran.

He said he would person “aided and assisted nan Americans from time one” successful nan warfare against Iran.

But that was not nan aforesaid arsenic nan UK joining successful those attacks, he said. He said Britain did not person nan capacity to thief successful a important way.

Farage said Reform UK would enforce 'very, very tough' use cuts to thief money higher defence spending

Q: [Forster’s 2nd question] How will you find other money for defence spending?

Farage said that Reform UK would prevention money by cutting nett zero policies. But he went on:

double quotation markBut look, nan sadistic truth is that we conscionable can’t spell connected pinch nan benefits bill. Over £300bn. And that is going to impact immoderate very, very reliable choices.

And location will beryllium group that don’t for illustration what needs to beryllium done. But I’m acrophobic it has to beryllium done and we will person nan courageousness to look up to that, nevertheless large immoderate of nan screams whitethorn be.

Farage defends Tice's taxation avoidance scheme, rejecting claims it flouts Reform UK 'stop offshore payer rip off' pledge

At nan Reform UK arena they are now taking questions. Farage says he will return astir of them himself.

Q: [From Katherine Forster from GB News] In your 2024 manifesto you said you would “stop nan offshore payer rip off”. How does that quadrate pinch Richard Tice utilizing offshore arrangments to minimise his taxation bill?

Farage says that manifesto committedness referred to companies operating successful nan attraction location sector.

But he defends Tice. He says:

double quotation markI want to beryllium clear astir this connected tax. Richard Tice has obeyed nan law. He’s revenge his accounts connected time. He’s obeyed nan rule successful each way, and nary 1 pays much taxation than they person to. You don’t I don’t. No 1 does.

He claims disapproval of Tice is unfair, and comes from group who do not undertand really businesses operate.