JE vaccine is safe, claims Health department

The Health section successful Kozhikode has claimed that the ongoing vaccination against Japanese Encephalitis (JE) is wholly safe.

Addressing the media present connected Saturday (January 17), District Medical Officer K.K. Rajaram and Reproductive and Child Health Officer Navya J. Thaikkattil said that the vaccine is being administered astatine schools, anganwadis, and authorities wellness centres from January 15 for children successful the 1-15 property group. The infection, with a mortality complaint of 30%, chiefly affects children aged beneath 15. Those infected could besides look 30% disabilities successful the agelong term.

In Kozhikode district, 7 JE cases and 3 deaths were reported betwixt 2023 and 2025. Health officials said the program was to vaccinate 6,76,176 children. A full of 3,316 sites and 7,42,344 doses person been arranged. The vaccine had earlier been fixed lone successful Thiruvananthapuram and Alappuzha districts since 2009. Asked astir the imaginable adverse reactions, specified arsenic fever, aft the vaccination, Dr. Navya and Dr. Rajaram said they were self-limiting and could subside successful two-three days.

The microorganism causing the corruption is transmitted to humans done the wound of Culex mosquitoes. There is nary human-to-human transmission, and the transmission rhythm is betwixt mosquitoes, pigs, and h2o birds. Headache and fever are the large symptoms. Severe headache, seizures, fatigue, and disorientation are being reported, depending connected the strength of the infection.