Pregnant women & over-75s offered RSV vaccine for first time

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Pregnant women & over-75s offered RSV vaccine for first time

A vaccine is being rolled out for RSV – short for respiratory syncytial virus – for the first time among pregnant women and older people.

RSV accounts for approximately 20,000 hospitalisations in children under one year and is responsible for 20 to 30 infant deaths in the UK each year.

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Date: September 3, 2024