New government figures show positive impact of rotavirus vaccine

The rotavirus vaccine introduced in 2013 has made a significant impact in reducing the number of infections caused by the virus.

This is according to new data from Public Health England, which have revealed that the number of recorded cases has dropped from an average of 14,510 a year in the decade before the vaccine was introduced to just 2,287 between July 2015 and June 2016.

It represents a fall of 84 percent since the oral drop-based vaccine, manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline, started to be provided routinely to infants between the ages of two and three months.

Dr Shamez Ladhani at Public Health England said: "Overall, annual rotavirus laboratory reports are greatly reduced since the introduction of the infant rotavirus immunisation programme in July 2013."

This comes after NHS Scotland previously reported that the number of laboratory-confirmed cases of rotavirus in infants has fallen by more than 80 percent in the country since the vaccine's introduction.

Rotavirus can cause diarrhoea, vomiting, stomach ache and fever among young children. In most cases, the infant recovers within a week, but in around one-tenth of cases it can lead to hospitalisation.

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