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Due to the pandemic, children are unable to get vaccines against other dangerous infections

15.07.21 15:15


In 2020, during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 23 million children failed to receive the vaccines they needed, the highest rate since 2009 and 3.7 million more than in 2019, UN News reports.

 

According to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), an estimated 17 million children failed to receive a single vaccine last year. Most of them live in conditions of conflict and war, in remote communities, or extremely poor areas. Not only do these children not get vaccinated, but they are also generally deprived of many social and medical services.

 

"Countries are trying to get COVID-19 vaccines, and at the same time, we are putting other vaccination campaigns on the sidelines, leaving children vulnerable to infections such as measles, polio, and meningitis," said the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.


He warned that the outbreak of these and other diseases could have "catastrophic" consequences for the healthcare system, which can barely withstand a pandemic.

 

Last year, compared to 2019, more than 3.5 million children failed to receive the first doses of tetanus, diphtheria, and measles vaccination. The first dose of the measles vaccine, compared to 2019, was missed by more than 3 million children. According to the study, the countries of Southeast Asia and the Eastern Mediterranean were particularly affected.

 

 

source: REPORT.GE

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