'She spread love, fun, happiness ...and still does'

THE father of a teenager who died from meningitis in the Kent outbreak said she “fought bravely” before succumbing less than 12 hours after arriving at A&E.

- BY HANNA GEISSLER Health Editor

Juliette Kenny, 18, was “fit, healthy and strong” and had completed a practical assessment for her PE A-level just days before.

Her parents Michael and Rebecca and older sister Florence are now campaigning for teenagers to be routinely offered the meningitis B vaccination as officials warn of “sporadic clusters” in other parts of the UK.

Two further cases were being investigated in Kent yesterday, bringing the total to 29.

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Michael said his daughter - a Year 13 pupil at Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School in Faversham began experiencing symptoms the day before she died on March 14.