MenB Vaccine:
The MenB vaccine was added to the NHS immunisation schedule for infants in 2015, providing protection for babies and young children in the UK. It is separate from the MenACWY.
If you are a teenager or young adult born before 1 May 2015, you will NOT have received the MenB vaccine as part of the NHS schedule.
Who is being offered the MenB vaccine?
A targeted vaccination programme is being introduced in direct response to this outbreak. Vaccination will begin with students living in Canterbury Campus Halls of Residence at the University of Kent.
The vaccination programme may be expanded as UKHSA continues to assess the risk to other groups, and further advice on additional cohorts will be provided in the coming days.
Please do not contact us to request vaccination outside of the normal schedule, as we can’t offer this currently. If there are any changes to this we will contact those affected directly.
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OCMP