Public Health England has announced emergency measures because of a global shortage of the hepatitis B vaccine. Hepatitis B is an infection of the liver, which is spread through contact with infected blood and body fluids. The recently announced addition of hepatitis B protection to the routine childhood immunisation programme at two, three and four months will go ahead as the combined vaccine is not affected by the shortage. We know that the Hepatitis B vaccine takes a long time and is quite difficult to manufacture. It’s important to note that we are a very low risk country for hepatitis B, and the most at risk group are babies.

Source: The Guardian August 07, 2017 18:08 UTC