A new worldwide nasal vaccine for flu that experts believe could save approximately 2,000 lives annually will be given to children in the UK between the age of two and seventeen via a nasal spray from the year 2014 totally free of cost.
The smaller kids will be administered the spray by their General Practitioner, while the older ones will be given the vaccine from their respective schools.
The Joint Committee on vaccination and Immunisation which is the authority that gives counsel to the government on policies concerning vaccines stated that the flu vaccine should be given to children as it would lower the chances of the rate of infection by forty percent.
A representative of the Health Department said that Andrew Lansley agreed to the suggestions.
Professor Dame Sally Davies, the Chief Medical Officer remarked that the severity of the flu in winter could create serious complications and could make affected people feel really sick and could even kill people who were not healthy and strong and that is the reason for providing the vaccine to the groups that are that the highest risk of being infected.
She said that they understand and acknowledge the counsel of their specialists committee that providing a far more comprehensive programme would be able to also safeguard kids with a modest take up of assisting in protecting the most susceptible of the lot.
She mentioned that there were a lot of challenges in providing the event that needs up to ten million children to be vaccinate in the span of six weeks. She stated that they would look into the suggestions thoroughly to determine the best way to create and provide the vaccination.
