As a result, thousands of local Kingston-area students have missed out on Hepatitis B, HPV, Tdap and meningococcal shots, among others.
Vaccine Preventable Disease Program Manager at Leeds, Grenville and Lanark Public Health Jennifer Adams says that this delay could be costly.“Certain vaccines, more particularly looking at Hepatitis B and HPV, are very age dependent,” Adams says. “If you miss the opportunity now, then your child or yourself would have to pay for those vaccines.
“And we’re really talking hundreds of dollars, even upwards of $500 for these vaccines if you do miss out on this opportunity.”Across the region, public health departments are reporting a backlog in immunizations for students. 5,300 children in Leeds, Grenville and Lanark are missing Hepatitis B, HPV and meningococcal shots according to public health’s database.Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington Public Health are reporting just over 3,300 students missing their shots.“What we’re doing in KFL&A is providing catch-up clinics,” says Vaccine Preventable Disease Program Manager Brian Larkin.
Larkin says some of the staff that were trained to work in COVID immunization and some of the large sites that were used as mass immunization clinics are being repurposed to be able to hold clinics for school-based vaccinations.
Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)
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