London – The British government has been advised to include the chickenpox vaccine in its routine childhood immunisation programme, the UK’s vaccine advisory body said for the first time decades after the shots were made widely available in several other nations. If the government accepts the recommendation, it will bring the nation in line with several other countries — including the United States and Germany — that routinely vaccinate children against the illness. The Department of Health will make the final decision. The shot will be inoculated in two doses — at 12 and 18 months of age, according to Britain’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation.
