Fear of febrile seizure should not lead to vaccination hesitancy in healthy children
Any vaccination can cause fever and febrile seizure. This may lead parents to hesitate in following the vaccination programme. Seizures in post vaccination fever are rare and do not differ from other febrile seizures during infectious diseases.
Do not postpone routine immunization or modify usual pediatric preventive and treatment measures in both the territory and hospital during the circulation of SARS-CoV-2.
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