Parents have been encouraged to make sure that their children get all the required immunisation to guard them against preventable childhood ailments. “What vaccines does is that it stimulates the body’s own immune system to protect the child against subsequent infection or disease. "It’s not that when a person gets Covid vaccine will not get Covid but it saves you from severe complications. The Pediatrician said it is important that after giving birth, a mother ensures her child gets all the required vaccines within the first few months and years of life. At nine months, Dr Mustafa said the baby gets the Measles vaccine and Rubella vaccine which protects against Rubella disease which resembles measles.

Source: The Star April 29, 2023 06:52 UTC