Mother’s campaign for menB jab catch-up programme gains renewed momentum

Alfie Jake Mullans was 18 was he died of meningitis B. His mother Marrissa Mullans, 46, from Manchester has been campaigning for a Government funded vaccination programme for all 16 to 23 year olds (PA) - (Marrissa Mullans)

A petition urging the Government to fund a meningitis B vaccination programme for all 16 to 23-year-olds has gained renewed momentum amid a deadly outbreak of the illness in Kent.

Marrissa Mullans, whose son Alfie Jake Mullans was 18 when he died of menB in 2023, told the Press Association that young people “have the right to life” and no parent should have to lose a child.