KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry is considering giving the Tdap (Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Acellular Pertussis) vaccine to pregnant women as an effort to prevent the spread of pertussis or whooping cough.
Its Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa said the vaccine aims to protect babies from birth until they complete the six-dose primary series as stated in the national immunisation schedule.
She said that babies under the age of 12 months had the highest number of cases at 67 , followed by children between the ages of 1 and 10 with 47 cases , and the rest were those aged 11 and older. Dr Zaliha said that out of 132 cases recorded this year, 89 cases, or 67.4% involved citizens, while 43 cases, or 32.6% were non-citizens.
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