B.C. measles program sees ‘dramatic increase’ in vaccinations, says Health Minister

Almost 16,000 children and teens were inoculated against the highly contagious airborne disease in April and May, the first two months of the new Measles Immunization Catch-up Program.Health Minister Adrian Dix says British Columbia has seen a “dramatic increase” in the number of children vaccinated against measles since the introduction of a provincial program targeting the infectious disease.

Health authorities have also reviewed more than half a million students’ immunization records, and the parents and guardians of those with incomplete or missing records have been notified. A report released on Tuesday did not provide corresponding immunization figures for April and May, 2018, and the Health Ministry did not have them immediately available.

“We know that people, British Columbians, travel in the summer and this is a good time, if you haven’t been immunized, to be immunized,” he says.

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