11,126 children awaiting TB vaccine

MORE than 11,000 children under the age of 15 are on waiting lists throughout Co Cork for tuberculosis (TB) vaccinations, it has emerged.

Figures released by the Health Service Executive (HSE) South indicate that, despite the threat of the highly contagious disease, 11,126 children and teen-agers are still on waiting lists for vaccination programmes to prevent infection.

The worst-affected areas include Cork’s northside and southside where 8,558 children are on vaccination waiting lists, with 1,835 left waiting in north Cork and another 733 in the west of the county.