According to the department, the pandemic slowed down measles immunisation due to the negative stigma around vaccines.
JOHANNESBURG - The Gauteng Health Department on Thursday said that its measles immunisation campaigns were severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Through the campaign, the provincial Health Department said it planned to immunise 95% of school children by February. He said COVID-19 did not only affect measles immunisation but it compromised the department's awareness programmes. "People were scared, there were levels of lockdown, so COVID-19 had a huge implication. Part of what we are doing now is trying to play catch up, measles provides the opportunity because it targets a large population," he explained.
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