Experts say including jab as part of routine childhood immunisations would have ‘really positive impact on health of young children’
A vaccine to protect against chickenpox should become a routine childhood jab in the UK, experts have said, adding that the move would not only reduce the number of children who become sick from the virus, but also cut the number of serious cases that can become fatal.
At present, the jab, known as the varicella vaccination after the varicella zoster virus that causes the disease, is only available on the NHS to children and adults who are in regular or close contact with people who could become very ill from a chickenpox infection or have a weakened immune system.
