Charity chief calls for wider rollout of meningitis vaccine

A charity chief has called for a rollout of a meningitis B vaccine programme (Barry Batchelor/PA) - (PA Archive)

The chief executive of a meningitis charity has called for a wider rollout of the vaccine after a college student died from contracting the disease.

Dr Tom Nutt, chief executive of Meningitis Now, told the BBC that young lives are “precious” and we should do “everything” we can to protect them.