Campaign urges introduction of meningitis jabs

THE Meningitis Trust has launched a campaign urging the Government to introduce pneumococcal vaccines in a bid to reduce the numbers contracting the potentially fatal disease.

Meningitis kills more children under five in Ireland than any other infectious disease and parents have been warned to be vigilant against possible symptoms.

Routine pneumococcal vaccinations will get under way in Britain next April and are already carried out in America, Canada and Australia.