A student receives the Meningitis B vaccine at the University of Kent in Canterbury (Image: Getty Images) With the number of meningitis cases connected to an outbreak in Kent now at 29, a medical expert has outlined why the situation is so serious. Two people – 18-year-old Juliette Kenny and an unnamed 21-year-old – have died, while students and young people across the region are being offered vaccinations and antibiotics in a bid to contain the spread of the infection. The UK Health Security Agency has now confirmed the number of cases linked to the outbreak has climbed to 29. This comprises 18 confirmed infections and a further 11 “probable cases”, all connected to Kent. Thirteen of the 18 confirmed cases are verified to be the strain of the disease known as MenB. All cases have necessitated hospital admission. Now, an A&E doctor with nearly half a million TikTok followers has explained why the outbreak warrants such grave attention. READ MORE: Mutant ‘superpowers’ bacteria may be behind Kent’s meningitis outbreak READ MORE: Father of tragic …