Babies are routinely offered a vaccine against MenB, and have been since 2015, but the UK's current generation of older teenagers and university students have not, since the shot was not available when they were born. She woke up at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the rash had spread, she felt worse, her arms and legs were aching and she just felt really unwell, so we advised her to contact 111 to seek medical help. The groups most at risk of becoming ill with MenB disease are babies and young children under five, followed by teenagers and young people aged 15 to 24. The MenACWY vaccine offers protection against four types of bacteria that can cause meningitis - meningococcal groups A, C, W and Y - and is offered to teenagers aged 14 years old. The MenACWY vaccine is free for anyone who missed out at school until your 25th birthday. Dr Gayatri Amirthalingam, deputy director of the immunisation and vaccine preventable diseases division at the UKHSA, told BBC Radio 4's Today Programme the outbreak of meningitis had been "unusual" but she did not believe there was a current risk to anyone outside of the Kent region.