Death sparks vaccine withdrawal

Sep 29 2009

Cervical cancer vaccines from the same batch given to a 14-year-old schoolgirl who died are to be withdrawn, the Scottish government has said.

Natalie Morton died on Monday in hospital, shortly after receiving the HPV1 Cervarix jab at Blue Coat Church of England School in Coventry.

Health bosses in Coventry, who launched an investigation into her death, also withdrew the batch of Cervarix allocated to the school as a "precautionary measure".