In recent months, the number of whooping cough cases has increased 10-fold in Europe.

Experts recall the importance of vaccination to combat whooping cough

Cases choking cough In Europe they increased 10 times. According to Patricia Pereda in Noticias Cuatro.a health alert was activated after detection more than 60,000 cases over the past 15 months. The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) says 19 patients have died, 11 of them infants, prompting calls for countries to step up vaccinations.

Whooping cough is very dangerous bacteriaespecially for children under six months. The whooping cough vaccine is included in the vaccination schedule, but doctors warn that there are many unvaccinated children. The rise in whooping cough cases is due to two reasons: the Covid-19 pandemic and limited vaccine protection.

Javier Alvarez, a member of the Vaccine Advisory Committee, explains: “ COVID-19 He forced us all to protect ourselves, wear masks and social distance. All this meant that respiratory diseases did not spread for a long time.” He also adds: “The vaccine lasts five years approximately a little more. That’s why children are vaccinated several times.”

In Spain, the mother performs the first puncture at 27 weeks of pregnancy.

In Spain, the mother gives the first injection at 27 weeks of pregnancy. Javier Alvarez comments: “ malignant whooping cough, which occurs in babies just a few weeks old, has virtually disappeared.” Children receive four doses at 2, 4 and 11 months. last one at 6 years old.

Javier Alvarez explains: “At the moment, those most vulnerable are those who have already completed the furthest vaccination. Almost half of our sick people are children teenagers or teenagers” Vaccine Advisory Committee proposes introducing another dose at age 12.

More than 15,000 cases of whooping cough, a highly contagious disease, have been reported in Spain.

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Are very unpleasant symptoms, but they have a cure. Javier Alvarez states: “The advantage of this disease is that at least it bacterial disease, is treated with antibiotics.” Spain has reported more than 15,000 cases of the highly contagious disease.

Mónica García, Minister of Health, has called for whooping cough vaccination to protect pregnant women and children as the number of cases we face increases. Monica Garcia says: “In Spain four peopletwo premature children and two elderly people with previous pathologies, died for this reason in 2024.”

The purpose of vaccination is to protect the youngest children.

Monica Garcia also recalls that a few years ago vaccination policy, so the vaccine is already being used in pregnant women. He adds that the goal is to protect the youngest children, but if we see a decline in the number of vaccinations being carried out, we will have to carry out “specific campaigns”. The Health Minister says whooping cough is a disease “already well known” and that through research we know that The best treatment is to get vaccinated.