Making the announcement, health secretary Jeremy Hunt said that the agreement with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) will mean the vaccine can be added to the national childhood immunisation programme this year.
Children will receive the first vaccine at two months old, followed by two further doses at four months and 12 months old.
According to Mr Hunt, the UK will be the first country in the world to implement a nationwide Meningitis B vaccination programme.
However, his announcement follows delays to the vaccine being implemented.
Last April, the Department of Health announced plans to introduce the vaccine, but said its decision was subject to the cost of the vaccination and its ‘value for money’.
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