How do you know if you should take your child to get an extra measles vaccine? All the details here. | via Bhekisisa_MG
, the NICD’s laboratory tests had confirmed 441 cases. Most of the cases are in children between the ages of five and nine, with children under five and those between 10 and 14 also being affected, the NICD’s tracking data shows. That is why the current vaccination campaign only includes people of up to 15 years. Measles outbreaks occur when vaccine coverage rates aren’t high enough, leaving children unprotected against infection and a chance for the virus to spread., for example.
Health workers and people older than 15 years with underlying diseases that weaken their immune system aren’t included in the current vaccination drive, but a doctor will be able to tell them whether they need extra protection from a vaccine, explains Kerrigan McCarthy, a pathologist in the NICD’s vaccines team.
Two doses of the vaccine between the ages of six months and two years will cut a child’s chances of getting measles by At government clinics, people can get a measles-only shot (called
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