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Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:42 PM

Published 10/31/2009 by Times Online


Doctors plan mass swine flu jabs for under-18s

Steven Swinford

GOVERNMENT advisers are preparing for the mass vaccination of schoolchildren to stop the spread of swine flu.

A committee of scientists advising the Department of Health is expected to recommend that the vaccination of 10 to 18-year-olds begins by the end...

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