Health ministry considering this measure to
control spread of the disease among local population.
KOTA
BARU: The Health Ministry will study the possibility of providing vaccination
for measles to children of foreigners living in the country to control the
spread of disease among the local populace.
Deputy
Director-General (Medical) Dr S Jeyaindran said the ministry was actively
monitoring the growth of the disease in the country after the anti-vaccine
movement was affected by certain parties who rejected injections for fear that
it contained DNA of pigs.
“Up till
now, there are many illegal immigrants and children in the country who have not
been vaccinated.
“We fear
that this problem will spiral into a ‘reservoir’ that opens the risk of the
disease being spread to the public.
“As such,
we want to review the need to vaccinate them for the well-being of the country.
“If they
are allowed to deliver children here without vaccination, it will gradually
contribute to a pandemic,” he said.
He was
speaking to reporters after officiating the Second Kelantan Allied Health
Conference 2016 that was also attended by state Health Director Dr Ahmad Razin
Ahmad Mahir and director of Allied Health Sciences Division Tan Yoke Hwa here
today.
Dr
Jeyaindran said they were only able to raise awareness to certain groups of parents
on the importance of vaccination for measles to avoid the risk of them
contracting other diseases as they grow up.
Bernama
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