Adverse effects of polio vaccine are of concern

Mothers whose children received the new, improved polio vaccine went on social media to voice their concerns about "outrageous symptoms."

Lilian, a mother, complained after watching a TV report showing the side effects of the drug.

She is worried since her daughter had the same symptoms.

"My baby is suffering from the side effects of the polio vaccine. I saw the story on TV and when I got back, I found my daughter with similar effects," she said at the Star Thursday

Lilian ran to the hospital for fear of complications.

"Most of my daughter's clbadmates missed school, they have Similar symptoms of high fever over 40 degrees, stomach ache and improved polio vaccine should be stopped, "she said.

Lilian is not the only mother to evacuate social media. Another mother, Lucian Sonkoh, is also worried

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She said: "Thinking about it, my son got sick after have received the vaccine. "

Another mother, Edith Glory, ad it: "It's true, mine is really sick … in fact, two of them are vomiting, they have vomited, they have vomited.

Kinsy Jena Dile, another mother said, "My daughter, Alipewa ingine, has door-to-door convulsions of ya ya kwanza akaanza kupata. Freely translated to …. my daughter was vaccinated during the first door-to-door vaccination and she began to have seizures .

Another mother Alice Wangari said, "polio vaccine Hiyo ilikuwa na shida.I know more than five children who were affected: my dota anatapika na kuhara [That polio vaccine has a problem. My daughter is vomiting and has diarrhoea]."

others parents said that they had to hide their children so that they would not be vaccinated for fear of side effects. "

" Wangu nilimficha, the poliomyelitis vaccine mimi sitaki [I hid my child, I didn’t want that nonsense of the vaccine] Whenever my nephew was vaccinated, he got sick for a week, "said Cynthia Lyn

medical services director Jackson Kioko.

" I had announced that the polio vaccine was safer than what we were using previously, but mothers do not know that there could be an epidemic of influenza, mothers should not worry, "he said." doctor who treats one of the babies with side effects says nothing should be ruled out.The doctor said that he s & # 39; was an inaugural vaccine and that it would inevitably have side effects

The World Health Organization declared that there was a switch from trivalent vaccine to bivalent vaccine.

Polio is a serious infectious disease caused by poliovirus. WHO urges President Uhuru Kenyatta to declare eradication of polio virus a national public health emergency in Kenya

He wants emergency status to be maintained for a year up to ############################################################################################# 39, that there is evidence that the transmission has been stopped.

The previous vaccination took place from 9 to 12 May.

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Read also; Children Get Polio Vaccine After Nairobi Virus Alert

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