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Vaccine update: issue 307, April 2020, World Immunization Week

Latest developments in vaccines, vaccination policies and procedures for immunisation practitioners.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 30 April 2020
• Last updated: 1 May 2020 — See all updates

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Vaccine update: issue 307, April 2020, World Immunization Week

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The April issue features:

• European and World Immunization Week: immunizations protect you from disease
• maintaining immunisation services during the COVID-19 pandemic to reduce the serious risk of vaccine-preventable disease
• managing locally held vaccine stock in primary care
• school-age immunisation programmes
• immunisations offered as part of antenatal or post-natal care
• conquering a new enemy: how soldiers are helping the fight against COVID-19
• Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine (PPV) and PCV13 schedule change reminder
• flu vaccine supply for the 2019 to 2020 children’s flu programme
• maternal Pertussis programme – change to dTaP/IPV vaccine
• update to Bexsero Patient Information Leaflet
• MMR vaccine ordering
• the EU Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD) and Delegated Regulation as applicable to Public Health England (PHE) supplied vaccines for the national immunisation programme
• early notice: May bank holidays delivery and order cut-off changes
• registering for a new or updating your existing ImmForm vaccine ordering account

Published 30 April 2020
Last updated 1 May 2020 + show all updates

1. 1 May 2020

   Added revised issue to clarify that the complete routine immunisation programme should be maintained.

2. 30 April 2020

   First published.