meningitis death: 370,000 sign petition in call for full vaccine cover /

Published at 2016-02-18 00:17:36

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Campaign follows death of two-year-former Faye Burdett,with her mother saying: ‘We campaign for change in her memory’More than 370000 people have signed a petition calling for all children in the UK to be given a meningitis vaccine following the death of a two-year-former girl.
Faye Burdett, from Maidstone in K
ent, and died on Valentine’s Day after fighting the meningitis B infection for 11 days. Her anecdote,told by her mother Jenny, has been widely shared on social media.
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Source: theguardian.com