We also asked about whooping cough after 600 cases have been reported in Mexico - might those be coming over to Belize?:
Dr. Natalia Largaespada Beer, Technical Advisor, Maternal & Child Health "We have as part of the expanded program on immunization, we have the surveillance of vaccine preventable diseases and whooping cough is included there. We have had some small outbreaks almost nearly every year."
"But, the factor is unvaccinated children."
"So we have had small clusters of persons, infected with whooping cough that are children not vaccinated, unvaccinated children."
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"We have as part of the expanded program on immunization, we have the surveillance of vaccine preventable diseases and whooping cough is included there. We have had some small outbreaks almost nearly every year."