Pharmacies offer vaccines to protect against serious diseases:New Zealand

From this week, vaccines for whooping cough (pertussis) and meningococcal disease will be available from selected Amcal, Care Chemist, Life Pharmacy, Radius and Unichem pharmacies throughout New Zealand for a fee, administered by pharmacists who are fully trained vaccinators.

The move will help raise awareness of both whooping cough and meningococcal disease - serious diseases that can be life-threatening.

New born babies are at particular risk from whooping cough. In over 70% of cases, new born babies catch whooping cough from their parents or from other close family members. Boosting immunity among whānau and family caring for young infants can help protect against the spread of the disease to our most vulnerable.

The whooping cough (pertussis) vaccine can be given by a pharmacist who is a trained vaccinator to adults over the age of 18 years and the meningococcal disease vaccine is able to be administered to those 16 years of age and above.

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