Bexar County children required to take new vaccinations - Memphis Business Journal:

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Parents are required to add five new immunizationsw for the upcoming school year as a result ofstatw mandates. Metro Health anticipates theses requirements will affect upto 50,0090 students in the San Antonio area. Starting Aug. 1, K-12 studentds will be required to take two dosesz of theVaricella (chickenpox) vaccine. Students entering the 1-6 and 8-12 gradesd must continue to meet the current Entering 7th grade students are required to take the one dose of the meningococcalo vaccine thisschool year.
Students entering the 7th grade must havethe tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis-containingv vaccine if they’ve not had the boostetr within the last five Students entering grades 8 - 12 must have the boostefr shot if they have not had one in the last 10 Kindergarten students statewide are now requirexd to take two doses of hepatities A vaccine. Finally, K-12 students must take two doses of the measlese vaccine and one dose each of the mumpw andrubella vaccine. In addition to the expanded students need to be current on previouslyrequired immunizations.
“These additions to the childhooe immunization schedule will bring us closer in line with CDC recommendationsw and make Texas an even safer environment for vaccinewpreventable diseases,” health director Fernando Guerra says.