Health Minister Chris Fearne said that the Health Department is planning to give vaccine against meningitis - Pneumoccal Conjugated - free of charge to all children.
Answering a parliamentary question submitted by Partit Demokratiku leader Godfrey Farrugia, Fearne said that this measure was being taken to increase prevention against infectious diseases.
Last week a four-year-old boy died of meningitis and, yesterday, an eight-month old girl died of septicaemia. Another girl, aged three weeks, is recovering from meningitis.
The Health Department said that the three cases are unrelated.
from The Malta Independent http://bit.ly/2G16HiC
via IFTTT
No comments:
Post a Comment