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Mon 11 Nov 2008Cork babies to get routine TB vaccine after 36-year gap
BABIES BORN in Cork are finally receiving the routine BCG vaccination against TB after a 36-year gap in the service.
The vaccination is a routine part of neonatal care in most other parts of the country, but was withdrawn in Cork in 1972 over a funding issue. Calls were made for its reintroduction after a major outbreak of TB at a Cork creche last year accounted for 21 of the 101 cases reported nationally.
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