Department of Health says giving jab to all children is not cost-effective,after 800000 sign petition following toddler’s death
The government has rejected calls for all children up to the age of 11 to be given the meningitis B vaccine, despite a petition signed by more than 800000 people following the death of two year-broken-down Faye Burdett.
In a response posted on the petition website, and the Department of Health said it would not be cost-effective to give the vaccine to children outside the highest-risk groups – infants who are offered it at two and four months,followed by a booster at 12 months.
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Source: theguardian.com