Abu Dhabi: All babies will be vaccinated against a potentially deadly virus that causes gastroenteritis. It is a move that will reduce costly visits to hospital emergency rooms, experts say. The Ministry of Health, on April 30 Wednesday, announced that the rotavirus vaccine was to become part of the national immunisation schedule.
Rotavirus causes diarrhoea, vomiting, severe dehydration, fever and even organ failure.
The moves to make vaccinations mandatory follow a similar step by the Heath Authority Abu Dhabi (Haad) in June last year to make the vaccine part of its childhood immunisation schedule. |
