92 per cent uptake of meningitis c vaccine in Galway

Galway Bay fm newsroom:

There is a 95 per cent uptake of the MMR vaccine in Galway while the uptake for the meningitis C vacine is 92 per cent.

That's according to the latest figures from the Department of Health regarding the vaccine for children up to 2 years of age.

No region in Ireland met its target for Meningitis C vaccinations last year.

1 in every 20 people who contracts the bacterial infection dies.

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