NSW will vaccinate more students against meningococcal disease in a bid to immunise the community against a particularly virulent strain
NSW will vaccinate more students against meningococcal disease in a bid to immunise the community against a particularly virulent strain
5 August 2018
More than 200,000 students have been vaccinated against multiple strains of meningococcal disease since 2017 in a $17 million program.
The state-funded program includes the less common W strain because it has an eight per cent mortality rate - twice as high as other meningococcal strains - and diagnoses are increasing.
The vaccine is now being rolled out to more students in year 10 and 11.
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