Follow the paediatric vaccine schedule even amid coronavirus pandemic

Follow the paediatric vaccine schedule even amid coronavirus pandemic

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Gulf Today Report

Paediatricians across the globe are getting millions of queries from parents about the routine vaccinations for toddlers and children during the coronavirus pandemic. Though the second wave of the infection is more deadly, doctors should urge parents to get their child's vaccination done routinely because it protects them from other serious infectious diseases.

Even the World Health Organisation has listed immunisation as an essential health service. However, the sudden rise in Covid-19 cases with hospitals is overflowing with Covid patients, makes parents skeptical about getting their child vaccinated, there is a tendency to delay it further.

But by delaying, it could unnecessarily be harmful and in some cases even fatal for your children. Without the protection of vaccines, diseases can spread quickly which can lead to harmful consequences.

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Parents should not delay the baby's booster vaccination dose without discussing it with the doctor. Delaying vaccination weakens the established immunity, according to IANS.

It is no longer news that the second wave of Covid-19 is affecting kids of all age group. Though the virulence of the infection is not so severe in kids, but it does affect the children.

The count of children getting