PETALING JAYA: Providing Tetanus, Diphtheria and Acellular Pertussis (TDAP) vaccines to pregnant women nationwide will allow the country to have better control over the spread of Pertussis, otherwise known as the whooping cough, says Datuk Dr Zulkifli Ismail.
The Immunise4Life programme technical committee chairman said providing the vaccines, especially to undocumented children and individuals in Sabah, will be beneficial, noting how a third of the current reported cases was from there.
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