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Young 'must have swine flu jab'

(BBC 05/11/2009)

All schoolchildren and college students should be vaccinated against swine flu, the Tories say. The party urged the government to act as evidence suggested the young were more likely to get the virus - and to develop complications. Vaccination is already under way in the UK with those with health problems and pregnant women getting the jab first. But the Tories said NHS chiefs should prepare to extend it to under-24s now. In England, new infections rose by only 6,000 to an estimated 84,000.