The Ministry of Health, through Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Minister of Health and Population, revealed the beginning of launching a national campaign in Egypt regarding work to give children vaccination against polio, which is the campaign that will be launched from the 11th to the 14th of December 2022, and has In this regard, she indicated that this campaign aimed at vaccinating children in Egypt in various governorates, from the age of one day to 5 years, free of charge, provided that this is provided to both Egyptians and non-Egyptians alike, and we will review through these lines the categories that are prohibited from obtaining vaccination. Polio vaccinations.
Categories prohibited from polio vaccination
Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the official spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Population, noted that the national vaccination campaign that was launched against polio is scheduled to be implemented in all governorates of the Republic on the specified date, and he indicated that the campaign aims to vaccinate about 16 million children, and the importance of vaccination has been provided for all children in the age group from 1 day to 5 years, as a number of groups that are prohibited from receiving polio vaccination have been excluded, which are as follows.
- Children older than 5 years of age are not allowed to get vaccinated, even for one day.
- It is also forbidden to vaccinate children with primary immunodeficiency disease.
- It is forbidden to vaccinate children with leukemia.
- It is also prohibited for the category of children who are being treated with immunosuppressive drugs, such as cancer drugs and cortisone.
Cases in which polio vaccination is postponed
The Ministry of Health has indicated that vaccination against polio is being postponed, in some cases, if the child suffers from the following diseases:
- In the event that the child is exposed to chickenpox diseases.
- And also in the event of a high temperature