Queensland Health confirms there 's a shortage of whooping cough vaccine . There is an insufficient supply of a booster which is used for adults . Medical professionals insist the shortage will not affect immunisation program for babies , children and pregnant women . It 's Australia 's least well-controlled of all vaccine-preventable diseases . Riley Hughes died in a Perth hospital at two months old on March 17 . His parents are campaigning for adults to vaccinate themselves and their children to avoid other preventable infant deaths . Whooping cough is 'highly infectious ' and lethal in babies . Immunisation against it is available for children from just 32 days old .
Queensland Health confirms there 's a shortage of whooping cough vaccine . There is an insufficient supply of a booster which is used for adults . Medical professionals insist the shortage will not affect immunisation program for babies , children and pregnant women . It 's Australia 's least well-controlled of all vaccine-preventable diseases . Riley Hughes died in a Perth hospital at just 32 days old on March 17 . His parents are campaigning for adults to vaccinate themselves and their children to avoid other preventable infant deaths . Whooping cough is 'highly infectious ' and lethal in babies . Immunisation against it is available for children from two months old .