ZIKA VIRUS: NEW MOSQUITO BITE AVOIDANCE LEAFLET FOR TRAVELLERS
Avoiding mosquito bites is the main way to prevent Zika virus in travellers. Public Health England have released a new information leaflet: Mosquito Bite Avoidance for Travellers https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/500966/Mosquito_advice_sheet_FINAL_with_NaTHNAC_logo.pdf It includes five simple rules to follow to avoid the risk of infections transmitted by mosquitos. At Harrow Health Care Centre we provide a 30 minute Travel […]
Live Vaccines update
Some vaccines are “Live”. These include MMR, varicella, Yellow fever, intranasal flu and rotarix. For many years the recommendation has been that when two live vaccines are required in the same person that the vaccines should either be given on the same day or separated by an interval of at least four weeks. Review of […]
