Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Jul 2018
Tasmanian pharmacies facing deluge of demand for meningococcal vaccines
23 July 2018 - Tasmanian pharmacies say demand for meningococcal vaccines has soared with stocks of one vaccine, approved for children under 12 months, extremely low.
With three confirmed cases in Hobart in the past fortnight, pharmacies and GPs are inundated with requests from parents to get their children jabbed.
From July 1, the quadrivalent meningococcal vaccine for strains A, C, W and Y replaced the meningococcal C vaccine as part of the National Immunisation Program for all children aged 12 months.
