Question
When should newborns be vaccinated?
Answer
According to the regulations of our country’s health authority, children from newborns to 6 years old need to receive multiple vaccines to prevent infectious diseases. Here is a schedule for routine vaccinations:
- At birth: Receive the first dose of hepatitis B vaccine and BCG.
- 1 month old: Receive the second dose of hepatitis B vaccine.
- 2 months old: Receive the first dose of polio vaccine and the first dose of DTP (diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus) vaccine.
- 3 months old: Receive the second dose of polio vaccine and the second dose of DTP vaccine.
- 4 months old: Receive the third dose of polio vaccine and the third dose of DTP vaccine.
- 5 months old: Receive the third dose of DTP vaccine.
- 6 months old: Receive the third dose of hepatitis B vaccine and the first dose of A-group meningococcal vaccine.
- 8 months old: Receive the first dose of measles vaccine and the second dose of Japanese encephalitis vaccine (inactivated vaccine).
- 9 months old: Receive the second dose of A-group meningococcal vaccine.
- 18 months old: Receive the fourth dose of DTP vaccine and the second dose of measles vaccine.
- 2 years old: Receive the third dose of Japanese encephalitis vaccine (inactivated vaccine).
- 3 years old: Receive the third dose of A-group meningococcal vaccine.
- 4 years old: Receive the fourth dose of polio vaccine.
- 6 years old: Receive the fourth dose of Japanese encephalitis vaccine (inactivated vaccine) and the third dose of A-group meningococcal vaccine.
- 16 years old: Receive the second dose of DTP (diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus) vaccine. That’s all