Health Protection Agency Welcomes Addition Of New Pneumococcal Vaccine To Childhood Immunisation Programme

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) welcomes the Department of Health’s replacement of the current pneumococcal vaccine (PCV) with a vaccine that protects against further strains of the disease. The current PCV vaccine in use successfully protects against the seven major strains which cause pneumococcal infection…

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Filed under: Immune System / Vaccines on January 20th, 2010