School vaccinations after another disease case
HEALTH chiefs are planning to vaccinate all children at a Hampshire school after a further case of a viral disease.
Vaccinations will be offered to all pupils and staff following another case of Hepatitis A in the county.
Hepatitis A is a viral disease that affects the liver and usually begins with a sudden temperature, loss of appetite, nausea, stomach pain, and feeling unwell, which is followed within a few days by jaundice.
All 180 pupils and around 30 staff will be offered vaccinations at Devonshire Infant School in Portsmouth.
It comes after selected classes at the school were vaccinated in November after seven cases of the infection in one family.
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