The Minister of Health, Alexandru Rafila, said on Thursday, in Timișoara, that in the situation where there is no more vaccine coverage, other contagious infectious diseases, considered eradicated, may reappear, apart from measles.
Minister Rafila pointed out that vaccines have become victims of their own success, as certain contagious diseases have been eradicated through vaccinations over the years, and now the population no longer believes they need to protect themselves against them through immunization.
“Vaccines are victims of their own success. Through vaccination, many of the diseases that I have heard of but have never seen – diphtheria, polio, which I have only seen in people with the sequelae of the infection. All these diseases that apparently have disappeared unite in danger of re-emergence, of reappearance, because with the decrease in vaccination coverage there is also the possibility of the reappearance of these diseases. There are still sporadic cases in various countries, especially from imports, but we must not let our guard down, because in any case would occur in a country, if the population is not vaccinated, it can lead to the spread of the disease. We don’t want that. We have a war on the border, in Ukraine, where there are certainly problems with vaccination coverage and we have to we do it in such a way that the children in Romania are protected”, explained Alexandru Rafila, quoted by Agerpres.
The Minister of Health pointed out that in the case of the measles epidemic, the situation remained unchanged in the two days since the declaration of the epidemic.
“The situation of transmission in many counties of the country of the measles – rubella – mumps epidemic (RRO) arose as a result of the reduction of vaccination coverage at the national level; only 78% for the first dose and 62% for the second dose of the measles vaccine -mumps-rubella (MMR). It is a consequence of the accumulation of a cohort of unvaccinated children, who are not protected. This has also happened in other countries, not only in Romania. These public health measures, also recommended by the World Organization of of Health, I am for reducing the consequences of an epidemic spread of measles, a disease whose goal is to eliminate it as a public health problem, at the global level”, Minister Alexandru Rafila also mentioned.
2023-12-07 12:51:33
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