The pneumococcal vaccine protects against serious bacterial infections, including pneumonia, meningitis and sepsis.

It is recommended for people at higher risk of these illnesses, such as babies and adults aged 65 and over.

๐Ÿ””๐ˆ๐ง ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ง๐ž๐ฎ๐ฆ๐จ๐œ๐จ๐œ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž.

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