Families go to court after nurse in Spain accused of faking children’s jabs

Vaccine status of more than 400 children near Bilbao investigated amid concerns about anti-vaxxer nurse

Dozens of families in Spain’s Basque Country have taken legal action after a nurse was accused of faking the administration of routine child vaccinations.

Local authorities opened an investigation last autumn after parents began publicly voicing concerns about the nurse’s attempts to discourage them from getting their children vaccinated during visits to a health centre in Santurtzi, about nine miles from Bilbao. Parents also raised concerns about the way she appeared to inject the vaccines.