13-08-14 00:50 am
Most children are vaccinated against whooping cough. Yet people walking vaccinated likely to get the disease. © think stock
In the east of the Netherlands has been an increase in pertussis. Announce two GGD in Overijssel, says RTV Oost
The GGD Twente has a significantly higher number of patients with whooping cough:. 275 in 2014, while taken over the whole year last year, only 175 cases of whooping cough in Twente were. In IJsselland are 125 reported sick.
Whooping cough is an infectious disease, warns the GGD. Children are vaccinated against the Netherlands. Still have children and adults regularly whooping cough. Young babies can get very sick. There is no clear cause for the outbreak of pertussis, says RTV Oost.
“But there’s only a primary school to be with a sick parent or child, and it breaks out in the village,” says infectious disease control nurse Judith Emperors of the GGD Twente. According to her vaccinated people can also get whooping cough and is not just an innocent cough. “For adults, pertussis only very annoying, young children and infants can get seriously affected by this bacterium. To focus attention, we hope to protect “these kids
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