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According to experts, delaying vaccination is justified and will not have major consequences, especially in Serbia.
The vaccines would be carried out through 14 campaigns worldwide, and the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adanom Gebrejesus, told reporters that due to the reduction in vaccination coverage, the probability of new epidemics was greater and the “tragic reality is that children would die”. .
Delayed vaccination due to virus crown
Virologist Dr. Ana Gligic, head of the laboratory at the time of the smallpox epidemic in Belgrade in 1972, believes that delaying vaccination is justified because vaccination at this time would direct immunity to create a defense against the disease for which it is administers the vaccine, making it vulnerable to coronary virus. .
– You have ‘live vaccines’, that is, attenuated, attenuated. This means that you are providing a virus that is weakened to create immunity against the disease. If given, and there was a chance that they would get a crown, then the two viruses would unite and endanger the children’s lives, Gligic explains to Sputnik.
She believes that delaying vaccination will not have tragic consequences if it takes several months.
– I do not think there are fatalities, but there are diseases. Bombardment of the immune system is not required. The immunization schedule is made based on experience. They put that experience on a date, for example, one vaccine should be administered in the first year and another in the fifth year. They program it correctly. The delay should not be affected in any way if it takes two to three months, Gligic said.
Serbia need not worry
Epidemiologist Dr. Radmilo Petrovic says the WHO warning is directed at underdeveloped countries where a vaccination campaign is underway. According to him, the most vulnerable areas are Central Africa and a part of Asia.
– Probably the most important thing is the measles vaccine. Unless 95 percent of children are vaccinated, the measles epidemic will spread. This also happened here, a few years ago we had an epidemic, until we raised the vaccination rate to 95 percent, Petrovic said.
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According to him, this warning is not valid for Serbia and probably for all of Europe, since we have been vaccinated continuously for decades.
WHO warnings and guidelines
Gebrejesus had previously warned that vaccination against polio, measles, cholera, human papilloma virus, yellow fever, and meningitis had not progressed and that some countries had reduced or even discontinued routine immunization services.
– More than 116 million newborns are vaccinated each year, or 86 percent of all children born worldwide. However, there are still more than 13 million children who do not receive vaccines in the world. We know this number will increase due to Xavid 19, he told reporters.
In late March, WHO published guidelines for immunological activities that, according to distancing measures, recommend the temporary postponement of preventive immunization campaigns where there is no active outbreak of a vaccine-preventable disease. In the event of an outbreak, rapid vaccination campaigns are recommended after careful risk assessment.
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According to UNICEF, most countries have suspended mass action against polio, and 25 countries have delayed mass action against measles, according to recommended guidelines.
According to the Gavi Vaccine Alliance, border closings and travel interruptions have also made vaccination difficult, causing a vaccine shortage in at least 21 low- and middle-income countries.
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