Increased incidence of chickenpox in children amid corona epidemics around the world

- Children are not being vaccinated as the chickenpox epidemic in 24 countries is also more focused on corona

- WHO permission to stop current vaccination campaign where there is no impact of chickenpox epidemic

Washington, Ta. 26 April 2020, Sunday

The corona virus has caused an epidemic around the world. Children are also becoming victims. In the midst of this situation, chicken pox has now started in children. This worrying situation is especially prevalent in countries where there is a shortage of chickenpox vaccine, and governments of many countries are now running amok.

There are also countries where chickenpox has not yet been declared free such as Britain is not chickenpox free and the disease can spread rapidly in such countries.

There have been fears of an outbreak of chickenpox amid an outbreak of the corona virus.

UNICEF has expressed concern that there are six countries where 110 million children are at high risk of contracting chickenpox. There is a shortage of vaccines to protect against chickenpox in these countries. On the one hand, there is the epidemic of corona, in which cases of chickenpox have been feared to rise suddenly.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that countries that do not currently have a high incidence of chickenpox could halt their vaccination campaign.

About six countries where the effects of chickenpox are already greatest are currently being halted due to the corona virus.

Particularly include Bangladesh, Brazil, Bolivia, Cambodia, Chile, Colombia, Congo, Ethiopia, Kazakhstan, Maldives, Nepal, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, Ukraine. These are countries where there are already many pediatric patients with chickenpox and currently there is also an outbreak of corona virus so the campaign against chickenpox has slowed down as the government is focusing on the corona epidemic so there are fears that chickenpox is spreading among children now. .