What vaccines are recommended at age 5?

At 4-6 years of age, your child should receive vaccines to protect them from the following diseases:

• Diphtheria, tetanus, and whooping cough (pertussis) (DTaP) (5th dose)
• Polio (IPV) (4th dose)
• Measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) (2nd dose)
• Chickenpox (Varicella) (2nd dose)
• Influenza (Flu) (every year)

How many polio shots are required for kindergarten?

CDC recommends that children get four doses of polio vaccine. They should get one dose at each of the following ages: 2 months old, 4 months old, 6 through 18 months old, and 4 through 6 years old.

Should I get my 5 year old vaccinated?

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now recommends COVID-19 vaccines for everyone 6 months and older, and boosters for everyone 5 and older.

Should a 5 year old get the Covid vaccine?

ATAGI recommends that everyone aged 5 years and older gets a COVID-19 vaccine to help protect against COVID-19.

What is considered fully vaccinated?

Being fully vaccinated means that you have finished your vaccine, whether that’s one dose or two, and two weeks have passed. You do need two weeks for your immune system to mount its full response. You are then considered fully immunized.

How many cases of polio are there in 2020?

140
Polio, a highly infectious and sometimes deadly disease that has plagued the world since ancient times, is now at very low levels, with 140 reported cases of wild poliovirus (WPV) in 2020.

What is the vaccine that leaves a scar?

The smallpox vaccine holds a live virus. It creates a controlled infection that forces your immune system to defend your body against the virus. The exposure to the virus tends to leave a sore and itchy bump behind. This bump later becomes a larger blister that leaves a permanent scar as it dries up.

Do children need a COVID booster?

All kids 5 and up need a booster dose if it has been at least five months since they had their second dose of COVID vaccine. The additional doses or booster doses are to help them develop as much protection as possible against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

What country has the most polio?

Polio is still endemic in three countries, i.e., Pakistan, Nigeria and Afghanistan and is eradicated from the rest of the world. Pakistan is considered as the exporter of Wild Polio Virus (WPV) with highest number of polio outbreaks among endemic countries.