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Has the expansion of the UK Voluntary Immunisation Programme against anthrax been prompted by the 11 September 2001 attacks or the anthrax letters in the US?

April 26, 2017Anthrax expansion immunisation Programme prompted September UK Voluntary

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Has the expansion of the UK Voluntary Immunisation Programme against anthrax been prompted by the 11 September 2001 attacks or the anthrax letters in the US?

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A. No – although these underlined that the threat is real. We have always kept the scope of the programme under review, and now that new stocks are available, we are expanding the programme. This decision has not been prompted by an increase in the threat, or any other factor.