On the 12th, it was discovered that a boy under the age of 5 living in Tokyo was infected with measles.
The Tokyo metropolitan government is calling for early vaccination, saying measles is a disease that can be prevented by vaccination.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced on the 12th that a boy under the age of 5 living in Tokyo was confirmed to have been infected with measles.
Measles is a viral infection that causes fever and rash.It is highly contagious and can lead to severe complications such as pneumonia and encephalitis.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government says that measles is a disease that can be prevented by vaccination, and that it is necessary to be vaccinated twice, once at the age of 1 and once during the year before entering elementary school. The vaccination rate was 92.0%, down 1.2 percentage points from the previous year and below the 95% target for achieving herd immunity.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government believes this is due to an increase in cases of parents refraining from getting vaccinated at medical institutions due to the outbreak of infectious diseases that mainly affect children, such as herpangina and pharyngoconjunctival fever, last summer.
A Tokyo metropolitan government official said, ``The second vaccination can be administered at public expense until March, before children enter elementary school, so we hope that those who are eligible should consider getting vaccinated as early as possible.''