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Parents are required to add five new immunizationds for the upcoming school year as a result ofstats mandates. Metro Health anticipates these requirements will affect upto 50,000 students in the San Antoniop area. Starting Aug. 1, K-12 students will be requiredr to take two doses of theVaricella vaccine. Students entering the 1-6 and 8-12 grades must continue to meet thecurrenf requirement. Entering 7th grade students are required to take the one dose of the meningococcalk vaccine thisschool year.
Students entering the 7th grade must havethe diphtheria, acellular pertussis-containing vaccine if they’ve not had the booster within the last five Students entering grades 8 - 12 must have the boosterf shot if they have not had one in the last 10 Kindergarten students statewide are now requiredf to take two doses of hepatitixs A vaccine. Finally, K-12 studentd must take two doses of the measle vaccine and one dose each of the mumpx andrubella vaccine. In addition to the expanded vaccinations, studentes need to be currentt on previouslyrequired immunizations.
“These additions to the childhoodf immunization schedule will bring us closere in line with CDC recommendationw and make Texas an even safer environment for vaccinrepreventable diseases,” health director Fernand o Guerra says.