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Meningitis B vaccine to be offered to a million young people
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- Smitha Mundasad Health reporter Getty Images Students will be able to get the vaccine at community pharmacies.
- The two-dose vaccine will be available to pupils currently in their last year of secondary school and those aged 18 to 25 heading to university or residential further education for the first time this autumn.
- Officials say the programme will help protect those at "highest immediate risk".
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Smitha Mundasad Health reporter Getty Images Students will be able to get the vaccine at community pharmacies. A million young people in England, Wales and Scotland will be offered a vaccine to help protect against meningitis B.
The one-off programme has been launched after concerns over the UK's largest and fastest growing meningitis B outbreak to date in Kent this year and two further "unusual" clusters in Weymouth in Dorset and Reading in Berkshire.
The two-dose vaccine will be available to pupils currently in their last year of secondary school and those aged 18 to 25 heading to university or residential further education for the first time this autumn.
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