Approximately 1,200 students from the London, Ont., area have been suspended from school because their vaccinations for preventable diseases are not up to date.
Posted: Jan 19, 2023 2:53 PM EST | Last Updated: 10 hours ago
School-aged children in Ontario require a series of inoculations to prevent outbreaks of diseases including measles, mumps and diphtheria, and must provide records to the schools. Parents can provide a medical exemption or submit a letter explaining why they conscientiously object. Dr. Alex Summers, medical officer of health for the Middlesex-London Health Unit, says the pandemic derailed vaccination clinics, including the usual reminders the health unit would send home to parents.
In 2019, the health unit said 98 per cent of seven-year-olds in the London area were vaccinated for the measles. This year, 51 per cent have submitted proof of vaccination for the same.
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