Vaccination against pertussis and measles 2024

This means that certain groups of adults can get the vaccines at no cost at least through this year.

Chihuahua Vaccinations

• Traditional priority groups continue to receive vaccines at no cost;

  • pregnant woman in the second to third trimester of pregnancy, the first vaccination of the child,

  • children living here receive vaccination.

• Additionally, adult household members of children in the following risk groups can receive vaccination free of charge if it is time for booster (10 years from the last vaccination).

  • Expected birth of a child in the next 2-3 months.

  • Preterm infants (take special care if a child was born before the vaccination was given during pregnancy) who have not received at least 3 doses of the peripheral pertussis vaccine as scheduled, of which at least one dose was given after 11 months of age.

  • Children under 6 months of age regardless of the child’s vaccination status

  • Children 6-12 months old who have not received at least 2 doses of the pertussis vaccine as scheduled.

Healthcare centres and others who provide vaccinations according to this require to order contract vaccines from a distributor as is the case with general vaccinations of children; vaccines purchased on prescription cannot be refunded.

Vaccines that can be used for adults according to the above are (vaccines against barnapest, tetanus and pertussis) or (vaccines against barnapest, tetanus, pertussis and polio). Other vaccines that are on the general market are not paid by the Chief Epidemiologist and vaccines are not refunded if vaccination has already been done.

Measles vaccinations

• Traditional priority groups continue to receive vaccines at no cost;

  • children living here receive vaccination.

• Additionally, people born 1975-1987 who have not already received two doses of measles vaccine and plan to travel within 6 weeks in 2024 can receive one dose of MMR vaccine at no cost.

People born before 1975 are not vaccinated according to this. Vaccines must be prioritised for those groups that are known to have insufficient immunity against measles and other groups must not be vaccinated during this condition.

People born in 1988 and later who were vaccinated according to the Icelandic program should have already received two doses of MMR, but the central vaccination database does not go back that far. People born in 1988-2003 who have a reasoned suspicion that they have not received the vaccination, for example people with egg allergy who were considered a contraindication for vaccination, need to consult their healthcare.

Healthcare centres and others who provide vaccinations according to this require to order contract vaccines from a distributor as is the case with general vaccinations of children; vaccines purchased on prescription cannot be refunded.

Vaccines that can be used for adults according to the above. Other vaccines that may be available on the general market are not paid by the Chief Epidemiologist and vaccines are not refunded if vaccination has already been done.

The Chief Epidemiologist