Parents of student, 20, who died ‘bleeding from her eyes’ after contracting Meningitis B thought their daughter was protected – as they call for vaccine to be rolled out to all young people

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The parents of a student who died from Meningitis B at university have called on the government to ‘step up’ and stop young people needlessly dying amid an escalating outbreak of the disease in Kent. 

Sophie Ward, 20, from London, died ‘bleeding from her eyes’ after medics misdiagnosed her with the flu and sent her home, despite her showing ten classic symptoms of the deadly infection. 

Her condition deteriorated overnight and by

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