Meningitis B recommendation by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) is for all 15-year-olds to be vaccinated after deadly outbreaks and two deaths

Thousands of students will be eligible for a free meningococcal group B (MenB) vaccine from July 20

JCVI says children should have one or two doses of menB vaccine at age 15, depending on if they had one as a baby

After deadly outbreak of disease in Kent, JCVI also advises giving two doses of jab to children over 11 who missed out as babies

Meningitis B recommendation by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) is for all 15-year-olds to be vaccinated after deadly outbreaks and two deaths

A leading health expert says one vaccine could protect teenagers from a disease that kills around 35,000 annually