Illness after vaccine due to scabies, not reaction, says CMO

Noida | Friday | 14th December, 2018

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“This is a normal reaction induced in very few children who may be low on immunity. Their parents have, however, denied the claim.A team from WHO visited the Sorkha Primary School in Salarpur, where the children fell ill, and examined the immunisation programme. There are merely myths surrounding it,” the doctor said.Chief medical officer Dr Anurag Bhargava said the children who were from Jewar area were “suffering from scabies”. They also visited JJ colony in Sector 76.“The children are better and some will be discharged by Thursday evening. This kind of reaction is possible in a few children..