An MHK has called for teachers and their support staff to be offered the flu jab.

Jason Moorhouse (Arbory, Castletown and Malew), who was a teacher before he was elected, raised the issue with Education Minister Graham Cregeen in the House of Keys on Tuesday last week.

He asked: ’Given the cost of vaccinating all the teachers at the largest school in the island should now be less than paying for one week’s cover for one teacher off with flu, would the minister consider the benefits of offering vaccination or improving access to it for teachers?’

Mr Cregeen said it would be a matter for public health.