On April 1st, North Dakota will require children in daycare to have vaccines for Hepatitis A, Pneumococcal, and Rotavirus.
KFYR-TV took a look at how its going with the deadline fast approaching. The Bismark station reports:
“Well most of the kids have the pneumonia one, some of the small ones have the Hepatitis A one, but very few have the rotavirus one,” says Renae Vilhauer, of King`s Kids Daycare.
Bismarck-Bureleigh Public Health says that`s because the rotavirus vaccine has only been available for two years. It must be given to a child by the time he or she is eight months old, meaning a child who is three has never, and will never get the chance to receive the immunization.
The State Health Department says it`s up to the daycare to enforce the immunization deadline.
Bismarck-Bureleigh Public Health says that`s because the rotavirus vaccine has only been available for two years. It must be given to a child by the time he or she is eight months old, meaning a child who is three has never, and will never get the chance to receive the immunization. Vilhauer told KFYR-TV that although the immunizations will be required by the state, asking, instead of ordering, parents to immunize their children is really all that can be done.
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