Vaccine rate drops for fatal infection

By Gemma Najem
Updated May 13 2018 - 3:37am, first published 3:30am
Older Australians are being urged to get vaccinated against pneumococcal pneumonia.
Older Australians are being urged to get vaccinated against pneumococcal pneumonia.

A decline in pneumonia vaccination rates among older Australians has sparked an urgent plea for action by health professionals, who say the infection claims 2000 elderly lives each year.

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