Pregnant Women urged RSV vaccine

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Mum urges pregnant women to take up respiratory virus vaccine

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Alice Cook's daughter Henrietta became seriously ill with respiratory syncytial virus ( RSV ) The virus is a leading cause of infant mortality globally and accounts for approximately 20,000 hospital admissions in children under one.

The UK Health Security Agency and Joint Committee for Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) is offering the vaccine to women over 28 weeks pregnant from 1 September .

RSV infects about 90% of children within the first two years of life.

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