SOUTH Australian Health Minister Jack Snelling has lobbied the Federal Govt to add the meningococcal B vaccine to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) in an online petition which attracted more than 13,750 signatures, ABC News reports.
Snelling's move followed the death of an infant this month and another three South Australians being diagnosed with the infection last week.
At present, only the C strain vaccine is funded by the PBS in Australia, with Snelling telling Federal health minister Sussan Ley that at $500 per vaccination, most people can't afford the protection afforded by the B vaccine.
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