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13th December 2009
Children to get just half dose of swine flu vaccine
By Mail On Sunday Reporter

Children receiving the swine flu vaccination will now be given only half the
original dosage in a single shot after fears it could cause a high fever.

The Government had previously recommended two separate 0.25ml doses of the
Pandemrix vaccine, given three weeks apart.

But after warnings from the European medicines watchdog that the second dose
could cause fevers of up to 38C (100F), the Government now recommends one
0.25ml dose for children under ten.

It is half the amount given to adults and older children but still enough to
provide immunity.

Children with weakened immune systems will continue to get two doses of
0.25ml each.

The updated safety advice was disclosed days after the start of the second
wave of the Government's swine flu vaccination programme.

It aims to inoculate three million children aged between six months and five
years - the group deemed most at risk of needing hospital treatment.

Meanwhile, the medicines watchdog, the Medicines and Healthcare products
Regulatory Agency (MHRA), reported four people had died after receiving the
Pandemrix vaccine, although all had serious underlying health conditions and
the deaths are not being linked to the jab.

One baby died in the womb three weeks after its mother was given the jab and
five women miscarried, although the incidents are being described as
'coincidental'.

One person developed the paralysis condition Guillain-Barre Syndrome which
was linked to a swine flu jab given in America in the Seventies.

The MHRA had received 1,506 reports of minor adverse reactions to Pandemrix
such as swelling at the site of injection, nausea or 'flu-like' illness.

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, which recommended the
dosage change, said that children could be given paracetamol if they
developed a fever after vaccination. The Department of Health said that the
vaccine remained safe