Govt says vaccines do not harm children

Govt says vaccines do not harm children

JAKARTA: Post-immunization deaths of five toddlers and
hospitalization of seven others had nothing to do with the
vaccines, a health ministry investigation team has announced.

"After investigating 18 cases, we have come to a conclusion
that the children had been sick (before vaccination) and it was
neither polio vaccination nor other vaccines that caused their
illness," National Committee for Post-immunization Incidence head
Sri Rezeki said in a statement on Monday.

She was responding to parents and the Legal Aid Institute for
Health (LBH Kesehatan) who reported cases of post-immunization
fatalities to the police.

The committee recommended that the ministry continue its
second round of free polio immunizations scheduled for June 28.
-- JP