Rotavirus vaccine for infants In principle, free routine vaccination September 26, 17:25
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has decided to add a routine vaccine that can be received free of charge for rotavirus vaccines that cause severe diarrhea and vomiting.
Rotavirus is prevalent in winter and early spring, especially in young children. When it develops, rotavirus causes severe diarrhea and vomiting, and rarely dies.
The vaccine for infants to prevent the seriousness was approved in Japan for the first time eight years ago, and now it can be vaccinated at will, but it costs about 30,000 yen, and voices from parents and others seeking public subsidies Was up.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has decided on a policy to add to regular vaccinations that can be received free of charge on the 26th, as a result of examining the effectiveness and safety of vaccines and cost effectiveness at expert meetings.
The target children are infants born in August 2008, and will be added to the regular vaccination from October 1 next year.
Welcome voice from parents
Parents welcomed the fact that rotavirus vaccine was added to regular vaccinations.
Of these, about 80 infants visit the clinic in Tokyo every year for vaccination.
What is used is a vaccine that needs to be inoculated three times, and the total cost is 36,000 yen.
On this day, 3 infants from 3 months to 4 months were vaccinated.
A 30-year-old mother said, “Self-pay is not cheap, but I decided to receive it when I was infected with rotavirus. It was.
Dr. Eiji Kuzumi of “Navi Task Clinic” in Tachikawa City, Tokyo, said, “I wanted to do something quickly because the cost of vaccines is not cheap. I don't want it to go out, and I think it's a good thing to get a regular dose. "