Eight-week-old baby hospitalised with meningitis B despite not showing key symptom

Eight-week-old baby hospitalised with meningitis B despite not showing key symptomMum Elise told how her baby daughter Coralie 'looked up at her terrified' as she was rushed to hospital at just eight weeks old after contracting the deadly meningitis B strainCommentsNewsBenedict Tetzlaff-Deas News Reporter and Jamie Saunderson12:22, 15 Apr 2026View 5 ImagesBaby Coralie developed the deadly Meningitis B variant(Image: Elise Wedderburn / SWNS)An eight-week-old baby was rushed to hospital after developing a deadly meningitis variant - despite having no rash.‌Little Coralie Wedderburn had just been for her eight-week check up when she suddenly fell ill, and was taken to The Queen Mother Hospital in Margate. Mum Elise and dad Stewart feared the worst as she slipped in and out of consciousness, with tests showing she had contracted the more severe bacterial meningitis B strain.‌This is the same type which caused the outbreak in Canterbury last month, leaving two dead. Now, 11-week-old Coralie, who was "fit and well" before the illness, is recovering at home.‌View 5 ImagesThe emergency hospital admission came despite eight-week-old Coralie showing no symptoms(Image: Elise Wedderburn / SWNS)READ MORE: I thought I had a headache - what followed was the worst experience of my lifeREAD MORE: UKHSA tells parents to protect 'little ones' from infectious illnessNHS worker Elise, 40, wondered whether her daughter's illness was linked to last month's Canterbury outbreak - but there is understood to have been no connection. Mum-of-six Elise from Herne Bay, Kent, said: "It’s been like a nightmare."I don’t think it’s really sunk in. She had no symptoms at all. No rash, no temperature. It’s scary to think what would have happened if we hadn’t taken her to get checked."‌Coralie and her twin brother William were vaccinated against meningitis and other ailments when they had their eight-week check up on March 26. Elise noticed she was...