PHARMAC has confirmed they have procured an additional
5000 doses of Meningococcal ACWY vaccine, which brings the
total stock available for Northland's targeted three-week
vaccination programme to 25,650 doses.
The
vaccination programme started today in Northland to halt the
spread of a community outbreak of the W strain of the
bacterium that causes meningococcal disease (Men
W).
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