{"id":6835,"date":"2020-07-17T08:23:29","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T08:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=6835"},"modified":"2020-07-17T08:23:29","modified_gmt":"2020-07-17T08:23:29","slug":"childhood-vaccinations-decline-during-coronavirus-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=6835","title":{"rendered":"Childhood Vaccinations Decline During Coronavirus Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>THURSDAY, July 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) &#8212; There&#8217;s been a decrease in childhood <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicinenet.com\/immunizations\/article.htm\" onclick=\"wmdTrack('embd-lnk');\" rel=\"proc\">vaccinations<\/a> during the coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations says.<\/p>\n<p>A May survey of 82 countries suggests that there&#8217;s less than a 20% chance that a child born today will have all recommended <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicinenet.com\/immunizations\/article.htm\" rel=\"proc\" onclick=\"wmdTrack('embd-lnk');\">vaccines<\/a> by the age of 5, the <i>AP<\/i> reported.<\/p>\n<p>More than 30 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicinenet.com\/measles_rubeola\/article.htm\" onclick=\"wmdTrack('embd-lnk');\" rel=\"dt\">measles<\/a> campaigns around the world have been, or are at risk of being, halted, which is likely to worsen outbreaks of the highly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicinenet.com\/contagious_quiz\/quiz.htm\" onclick=\"wmdTrack('embd-lnk');\" rel=\"quiz\">contagious<\/a> disease.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The avoidable suffering and death caused by children missing out on routine immunizations could be far greater than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicinenet.com\/wuhan_coronavirus_2019-ncov\/article.htm\" rel=\"dt\" onclick=\"wmdTrack('embd-lnk');\">COVID-19<\/a> itself,&#8221; said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the <i>AP<\/i> reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"credits\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"MedicalNews\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/images.medicinenet.com\/images\/HealthDay\/healthday.png\" style=\"border: none;\"\/><br \/>Copyright \u00a9 2019 HealthDay. 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