Whooping Cough -- Spain
A baby only a month and 10 days old has died of pertussis at the University Hospital La Paz in Madrid, the Ministry of Health of the Community of Madrid has confirmed. The newborn died on 5 Dec 2015 in the intensive care unit of the center.
The Ministry of Health explained that the 1st dose of vaccine against whooping cough cannot be given until the baby is 2 months old and that infants under 4 months old are the most vulnerable group to the disease.
The baby's death happened the same
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