Azerbaijan to launch vaccination of middle-aged, elderly people against measles

  28 November 2023    Read: 1058
Azerbaijan to launch vaccination of middle-aged, elderly people against measles

Middle-aged and elderly people living in Azerbaijan will be vaccinated against measles, according to the country's Ministry of Health, AzVision.az reports. 

According to the ministry, an epidemiological investigation of the events revealed that the main cause of infection was the reluctance to vaccinate (mostly due to false contraindications).

However, given the country's epidemiological circumstances, vaccination (measles-mumps-rubella) will be utilized as a preventive measure for the middle-aged and elderly population, as the explains.

 

AzVision.az


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