Interior Health has seen drop in post-COVID childhood immunizations
KAMLOOPS — The summer is coming to a close with children set to return to classrooms on Sept. 3.
Interior Health (IH) is reminding parents to ensure kids are up to date on immunizations for things like measles, mumps, rubella and polio, along with boosters for tetanus.
“We know that vaccine-preventable diseases have not gone away and we also know that vaccines are the best tools that we have available to protect our children against those vaccine-preventable diseases that can be dangerous sometimes,” said IH Medical Health Officer Dr. Sanaz Vaseghi.
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, IH has seen a drop in childhood vaccination coverage. With that in mind, Interior Health is attempting to tackle misinformation being spread online about vaccines.