Measles threat: Astana's chief sanitary doctor speaks out about vaccination

Parents' refusal to vaccinate their children leads to an increase in the incidence of vaccine-preventable infections among Astana residents. This was reported at a briefing in the Communications Service by the Chief State Sanitary Doctor of Astana Sarkhat Beisenova, the official website of the capital's ex.com. reports. According to the results of 6 months of the current year, according to the monitoring of the immunization coverage of the population of Astana, the planned coverage of vaccinations of children under 1 year against diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, Haemophilus influenzae infection, poliomyelitis, pneumococcal infection; against diphtheria and tetanus of adolescents aged 16-17 years has been achieved.