By DAOUD KUTTAB/THE MEDIA LINE
In a totally unexpected move, the Jordanian government has been forced to act quickly against what it called two parties who spread false information, causing chaos among children and parents. The prosecutor general is looking into possible cybercrimes committed to dissuade the public from the acceptance of the new measles (MR) vaccine that will be rolled out at all schools in mid-October. The vaccine is aimed at preventing measles; UNICEF, WHO and the Jordanian Ministry of Health have publicly stated that the vaccine is safe.
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Hadeel, a parent of a young child, told The Media Line that she was planning to approve her daughter getting the vaccine, only to change her mind after receiving a message on her phone. The message from an unidentified person was sent to her by her daughter’s PTA WhatsApp group in which he said that the Indian agency that produced the vaccine being used had not been certified by Jordan’s Food and Drug Administration.
Officials stated that the MR has been around for years but that the vaccination was stopped during the pandemic.
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