Barry Offers Free Hepatitis A Shots to Under-5s After 11 Cases
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Updated · BBC.com · Aug 17
Barry Offers Free Hepatitis A Shots to Under-5s After 11 Cases
2 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Aug 17
Summary
Free Hepatitis A vaccinations will be offered at Barry Hospital from Aug. 18 to Aug. 22 for children aged five and under who live in Barry or attend childcare there.
Public Health Wales said 11 cases have been confirmed since December 2025 and the virus is spreading in the community, with no single source yet identified.
Young children can carry Hepatitis A without obvious symptoms, and officials said vaccinating that age group is the quickest way to cut transmission to families and the wider town.
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is sending letters or texts to eligible families, while officials stressed the vaccine is safe, widely used and already given to several hundred people locally.