More than 100 students in Kent have been turned away while trying to get a meningitis vaccine after officials closed the queue.
The University of Kent said it had closed the vaccine queue on its Canterbury campus “due to capacity” because it needed to finish the clinic by 5pm.
More than 100 people who had been waiting for a jab were turned away, according to Press Association estimates of the queue size.
In a Facebook post on the day confirmed or suspected meningitis cases rose to 27, the university said: “The queue has been closed as nursing staff are unable to see any more people within the clinic’s remaining opening hours today.
“The team have been working incredibly hard to vaccinate as many people as possible.”
The university said the vaccination clinic will reopen on Friday from 9am to 5pm, and…