Vaccination chiefs revive plans to give chickenpox jabs on the NHS at same time as MMR shot Vaccine chiefs are considering offering all babies jabs to protect them against chickenpox – after discussions to introduce the plan were abandoned at the beginning of the Covid pandemic.
Normally a harmless illness, the virus can in rare cases lead to serious complications, including sepsis, pneumonia and brain damage.
Every year, more than 20 people die due to chickenpox in the UK and hundreds of babies are hospitalised due to severe symptoms. The Daily Mail
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