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One of the cases has been confirmed as meningitis B, which was the same strain behind a cluster of fatal cases in Kent earlier this year.

The operation, known as “Pangea XVIII”, was carried out in March across every continent.

Three cases of meningitis B have been confirmed in young people in Dorset, according to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).

Farming chiefs lobbied the UK government in a bid to avoid stricter rules around the use of antibiotics on livestock farms, despite the risks some practices pose to public health.