HEALTH officials said today there have been no further cases of meningitis in York since a student was admitted to hospital on Saturday with a suspected case of the killer bug.

A York Hospital spokeswoman said student James Flinders was today in a "comfortable" condition.

Staff and students at the University of York were put on alert after the 20-year-old reportedly collapsed at a college event on Saturday night.

James's close friends and housemates have been given antibiotics and an awareness campaign has been launched at the Heslington campus.

Mr Flinders is a second year politics, philosophy and economics student and lives off campus. He is the chair of Halifax Junior Common Room Committee.

It is not yet known what strain of meningitis he is suffering from, as it is still a suspected case.

Although most students at the university have been vaccinated against bacterial meningitis strains A and C, there is no vaccination for the B variety, which accounts for 80 per cent of bacterial meningitis cases in the UK.

Mr Flinders is said to be active in campus politics and is working on a fair trade policy so his college can only buy products from ethical suppliers.

The Students' Union has sent him a get well card.

University of York spokeswoman Hilary Layton said students had been reminded of the symptoms of the disease as part of the university's action plan.

Updated: 10:05 Thursday, March 10, 2005