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Several cases of measles in J?rna
Published: Thursday February 16 at 16:45 , News P4 Radio Stockholm
Four cases of measles have occurred in J?rna and now calls on the county medical officer of the county schools and health centers in J?rna to vaccinate as many people as possible. There are fewer in J?rna which vaccinate themselves than the rest of the country.
Measles in J?rna
Facts measles
Measles is a common and highly contagious childhood disease in countries with low vaccination coverage. Mortality can be high in infants. Measles occurs nowadays rarely used in Sweden because of a well-functioning public vaccination programs. Measles is a notifiable disease under the Communicable Diseases Act and the cases notified to the county medical officer of the county council and the Infectious Diseases Institute
Source: Disease Control
Monica Vlasak who visited child health center in J?rna today is not particularly worried, but she thinks it's difficult to get balanced information about the vaccination.
- I thought a lot before I chose to vaccinate Imre. I find it difficult to find unbiased information. It is either "vaccination, there is absolutely nothing dangerous!" or there is a lot of intimidation.
Measles is a highly contagious , airborne disease. It can be fatal for young children because it can cause meningitis, measles and therefore included in the childhood vaccination program in Sweden.
It requires a vaccination coverage of over 95 percent of the risk of major outbreaks can be prevented. And vaccination coverage in the country is good, 96 percent of all children are vaccinated.
But in J?rna it's different. Helena Hervius Askling is an assistant county medical at the County Council:
- There are fewer who are vaccinated in J?rna, it's about a 88-percent coverage in the area and come in infection spreads easily.
Therefore, now calls for Infectious Disease Control Stockholm schools and child care centers in J?rna to vaccinate as many people as possible, to avoid a major outbreak.
It is uncommon to have measles outbreaks in Sweden, but it happens occasionally that a contagion erupts. 1996 hit J?rna and when 235 people fell ill, one in five of them had complications of the disease, most were relatively mild.
In the child health center in J?rna expressed a willingness to accept those who want to get vaccinated and measles vaccines in, it says Britt TYGESEN, operations manager at the health center in J?rna.
Swedish-English translation
Several cases of measles in J?rna
Published: Thursday February 16 at 16:45 , News P4 Radio Stockholm
Four cases of measles have occurred in J?rna and now calls on the county medical officer of the county schools and health centers in J?rna to vaccinate as many people as possible. There are fewer in J?rna which vaccinate themselves than the rest of the country.
Measles in J?rna
Facts measles
Measles is a common and highly contagious childhood disease in countries with low vaccination coverage. Mortality can be high in infants. Measles occurs nowadays rarely used in Sweden because of a well-functioning public vaccination programs. Measles is a notifiable disease under the Communicable Diseases Act and the cases notified to the county medical officer of the county council and the Infectious Diseases Institute
Source: Disease Control
Monica Vlasak who visited child health center in J?rna today is not particularly worried, but she thinks it's difficult to get balanced information about the vaccination.
- I thought a lot before I chose to vaccinate Imre. I find it difficult to find unbiased information. It is either "vaccination, there is absolutely nothing dangerous!" or there is a lot of intimidation.
Measles is a highly contagious , airborne disease. It can be fatal for young children because it can cause meningitis, measles and therefore included in the childhood vaccination program in Sweden.
It requires a vaccination coverage of over 95 percent of the risk of major outbreaks can be prevented. And vaccination coverage in the country is good, 96 percent of all children are vaccinated.
But in J?rna it's different. Helena Hervius Askling is an assistant county medical at the County Council:
- There are fewer who are vaccinated in J?rna, it's about a 88-percent coverage in the area and come in infection spreads easily.
Therefore, now calls for Infectious Disease Control Stockholm schools and child care centers in J?rna to vaccinate as many people as possible, to avoid a major outbreak.
It is uncommon to have measles outbreaks in Sweden, but it happens occasionally that a contagion erupts. 1996 hit J?rna and when 235 people fell ill, one in five of them had complications of the disease, most were relatively mild.
In the child health center in J?rna expressed a willingness to accept those who want to get vaccinated and measles vaccines in, it says Britt TYGESEN, operations manager at the health center in J?rna.