“A regular shipment of 6,500 vaccines will arrive this week, and in the coming 14 days, a 4th extraordinary shipment of at least 50,000 vaccines from Canada,” representatives of the Hygienic Service, which falls under the Department of Health, said on the X network.
“The vaccination of children and pregnant women is not and will not be restricted,” they assured. Teenagers and infants are most at risk from whooping cough, so experts recommend vaccination.
The problem with ordering vaccines for pertussis revaccination has been pointed out by some doctors. Among them former ODS deputy and doctor Boris Šťastný, the information was also confirmed by general practitioner Ludmila Bezdíčková.
“The situation has changed since yesterday, now Adacel polio only for pregnant women, Adacel itself will be in a week. Verified by the Avenier helpline. The Ministry of Health has ordered more vaccines,” said Bezdíčková on the X network.
110,000 doses of vaccines arrived in the Czech Republic in an extraordinary shipment, for example from France or Great Britain.
Due to the unprecedentedly high incidence of whooping cough, there is also an extraordinary interest in revaccination on the part of adults this year. They should undergo it once every ten years. While about 24,000 adults were revaccinated last year, this year 67,000 people paid for the vaccine. Revaccination is not yet covered by insurance companies for those over 18 years of age, this change will be discussed in the near future.
Over 12,000 people have contracted whooping cough this year, the most since the end of the 1950s. The increase is not due to the arrival of refugees. Many other European countries, such as Great Britain, had high numbers of patients.
12 thousand people fell ill with whooping cough. But the infection is already receding
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