Health Ministry delay whooping-cough jabs

[Canarian Weekly]

THE Canarian Government’s Ministry of Health is delaying short-term booster shots of the pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine to children aged six. Instead, they will prioritise vaccination of pregnant women and children under two years as they are in the “at-risk sector”. The MoH expects to begin vaccinating six-year-old children, with a progressive strategy later in […]

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