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Add chickenpox vaccine to UK child immunisation programme -vaccine advisors

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain should add the chickenpox vaccine to its routine childhood immunisation programme, the government's vaccine advisory body said on Tuesday. The recommendation would bring the UK in line with many other countries, like the United States and Germany, which routinely vaccinate children against the illness. The Department of Health will have the final decision on implementing the vaccine.

The chickenpox virus has a fascinating evolutionary history that continues to affect peoples health today

Most children today receive the chickenpox vaccine as a routine part of childhood immunizations. Solidcolours/E+ via Getty ImagesIn July 2021, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention presentation obtained by the press noted that the delta variant of COVID-19 “is as transmissible as chickenpox.” As some researchers have pointed out, the CDC’s comparison was an overstatement. Based on various studies and projections, on average a person infected with the delta strain of COVID-19 can infect si

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