In the next school year any students who has not had their vaccinations will be told they must be immunised to prevent diseases (Photo: plxh.vn) Hanoi (VNA) - In the next school year, any student in Hanoi whohas not had their vaccinations must be immunised to prevent diseases.
That was the warning from Nguyen Nhat Cam, Director of the Hanoi DiseaseControl Centre.
In the first five months of 2019, Hanoi saw 1,300 cases of measles, 20 timeshigher than the same period last year and the number continues to rise.
In 2018, the percentage of fully vaccinated children under one-year-old inHanoi only reached 85 percent, he said.
The “5-in-1” vaccine that can help fight against five common, potentiallyfatal diseases affecting infants - diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough,hepatitis B and Haemophilus influenza type B has been used less than othertypes of vaccine, therefore, not only measles but also the other infections areabout to rise, Cam added.
In some other provinces, the rate of “5-in-1” vaccine injection only reach 30percent of the initial plan, making it the most unwanted vaccine in thenational expanded immunisation programme.
Meanwhile, diseases breakouts are being reported in many localities. Some 4,000cases of measles have been found in 62 of 63 provinces including one death inHai Duong province.
Hanoi reported the first patient with Japanese encephalitis in May and thenumber of infected people may keep rising as the disease’s peak seasonwill continue to August.
“We have proposed some solutions to the city authorities which have beenapproved. The problem now is how to implement them,” he said.
In the coming school year, local medical facilities and schools will monitorthe vaccination status of students. Those who have not received enough requiredinjections will be administered at school.
In Vietnam, the Law on Education does not ban unvaccinated students fromschool.
“It is crucial to have a mechanism which can ensure children are fullyvaccinated,” Cam said.
According to the General Department of Preventive Medicine, 54 percent ofchildren infected with measles are unvaccinated while the vaccination status ofthe other 43 percent remains unknown. Only 3 percent of patients wereadministered vaccines.-VNA
That was the warning from Nguyen Nhat Cam, Director of the Hanoi DiseaseControl Centre.
In the first five months of 2019, Hanoi saw 1,300 cases of measles, 20 timeshigher than the same period last year and the number continues to rise.
In 2018, the percentage of fully vaccinated children under one-year-old inHanoi only reached 85 percent, he said.
The “5-in-1” vaccine that can help fight against five common, potentiallyfatal diseases affecting infants - diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough,hepatitis B and Haemophilus influenza type B has been used less than othertypes of vaccine, therefore, not only measles but also the other infections areabout to rise, Cam added.
In some other provinces, the rate of “5-in-1” vaccine injection only reach 30percent of the initial plan, making it the most unwanted vaccine in thenational expanded immunisation programme.
Meanwhile, diseases breakouts are being reported in many localities. Some 4,000cases of measles have been found in 62 of 63 provinces including one death inHai Duong province.
Hanoi reported the first patient with Japanese encephalitis in May and thenumber of infected people may keep rising as the disease’s peak seasonwill continue to August.
“We have proposed some solutions to the city authorities which have beenapproved. The problem now is how to implement them,” he said.
In the coming school year, local medical facilities and schools will monitorthe vaccination status of students. Those who have not received enough requiredinjections will be administered at school.
In Vietnam, the Law on Education does not ban unvaccinated students fromschool.
“It is crucial to have a mechanism which can ensure children are fullyvaccinated,” Cam said.
According to the General Department of Preventive Medicine, 54 percent ofchildren infected with measles are unvaccinated while the vaccination status ofthe other 43 percent remains unknown. Only 3 percent of patients wereadministered vaccines.-VNA
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