Parents urged to check children's immunization records before school
Public health officials in Ontario are urging parents to ensure their children's immunization records are up to date before the new school year. Students are required to have records for several diseases on file or provide a valid exemption.
Why it matters
Ensuring school-age children are vaccinated is a standard public health measure to prevent outbreaks of communicable diseases in educational settings.
<p>Parents are being encouraged to check their children's immunization records before the new school year begins.</p>
<p>Jamie-Lyn Webb, a public health nurse with Southeast Public Health, said Ontario law requires school-age children to have up-to-date immunization records or a valid exemption on file with public health.</p>
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<p>Those diseases include measles, mumps, rubella, polio, tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis, meningococcal disease and, for children born in 2010 or later, varicella, also known as chickenpox.</p>
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