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All UK babies could get hepatitis B jab as infections soar.

Ministers are considering offering the jab to all children at the same time as vaccines for other illnesses such as polio, whooping cough and tetanus.

Around 325,000 Britons are thought to be infected with hepatitis B, a virus which can cause liver cancer, liver disease and death. The total is almost twice the 2002 number of 180,000.
Experts say the rise is partly due to high numbers of people coming into Britain from areas in the world where hepatitis B is rampant, such as Africa, South-East Asia, Russia and parts of Europe including Albania. More than half of those infected are believed to be immigrants.

The virus is spread through blood and other bodily fluids, including from mother to baby.

According to the NHS, it is 100 times more infectious than HIV.

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