- February 14, 2019 @ 1:51pm
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah government is considering vaccinating all children, including from the stateless community.
The state Health and People’s Wellbeing minister Datuk Stephen Wong said the preventive measure on increasing herd immunity, however, is still in discussion with Health Ministry.
“When we are talking about stateless children, who are having (vaccine-preventable) diseases, they can transmit it to our people.
“The vaccination will be done soon,” he said when asked on the preventive measures taken by state government following measles outbreak in the Philippines with more than 4,000 cases and 70 deaths so far.
Wong was speaking to reporters after launching the ministry’s website and Chinese New Year Celebration.
In the case of outbreaks, Sabah Health Department would conduct supplementary Immunisation Activities to community at affected areas.
As of Feb 9 for this year, Sabah has recorded three measles cases involving non-immunised children aged between 1 and 6. Two of them are foreigners.
Throughout last year, there were 73 measles cases with one death. Only 15 per cent of them were inoculated.
Highest cases reported were in Kudat (30), Semporna (21), Kota Kinabalu (4) and Tawau (4).
Measles, which is transmitted via air and contact, will cause complications among them are fever, rashes, ear infection, diarrhoea, lung or brain infection, permanent disability and death.
Earlier, Wong said the ministry’s website www.kkkr.sabah.gov.my is a platform to share accurate information and also interactions with public.
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