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Employee dies of meningitis in north France, company says no link to UK outbreak

By Thomson Reuters Mar 20, 2026 | 5:26 AM

PARIS, March 20 (Reuters) – An employee at French nuclear fuel company Orano’s La ​Hague site in Normandy ‌has died of meningitis, the company said on Friday, adding that there was no evidence the ‌case ​could be linked ⁠to a deadly ⁠outbreak in Britain.

Britain is facing an unprecedented meningitis outbreak that has killed two people ​in southeast England this month, with a total of ⁠27 cases ⁠recorded.

(Reporting by Gianluca Lo Nostro, Charlotte Van Campenhout, Dominique Patton; Editing by ​Andrei Khalip)