A 14-year-old schoolgirl has died shortly after being given a vaccine against the virus that can cause cervical cancer as part of a national immunisation programme.
Serious side-effects are understood to have affected several classmates at a school in Coventry, The Times has learnt, which in at least one case have been fatal.
The schoolgirl is understood to have died in the last few hours, after being an injection of given Cervarix, which guards against the human papilloma virus (HPV), a sexually transmitted infection that causes up to 70 per cent of cervical cancer cases. It is believed to be the first death linked to the jab since a nationwide vaccination programme began in September.More...
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