Patient's question:
Will there be any adverse consequences if the infant's DTP vaccine is delayed? The baby needs to be vaccinated at 3 months of age, but it has been delayed by half a month so far. The community hospital keeps saying they don't have the vaccine, and the authorities are not supplying it. They say it won't be available until March 2019. What should I do? Can I report this situation to the relevant authorities?Doctor's answer:
Vaccinating children with a delay in vaccination has no harm to the baby. Vaccination is done to prevent infectious diseases. Generally, if the baby has any discomfort, vaccination cannot be given on time and needs to be postponed. Currently, the half-price vaccination for children is determined by each province and distributed in layers. If there is a shortage of vaccination units again, there is no way to solve it, which leads to a problem of overcrowding and increased workload difficulties. We only recognize and are awaiting it. The vaccination units have said that vaccination can be given in March, and there should be vaccines available soon.