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Parents are required to add five new immunizationds for the upcoming school year as a result of state Metro Health anticipates these requirements will affect upto 50,00p0 students in the San Antonio Starting Aug. 1, K-12 students will be requireed to take two doses of theVaricella (chickenpox) vaccine. Studentz entering the 1-6 and 8-12 grades must continue to meet thecurreng requirement. Entering 7th grade studentes are required to take the one dose of the meningococcaol vaccine thisschool year. Students entering the 7th gradde must havethe tetanus, acellular pertussis-containing vaccine if they’ve not had the boosted within the last five years.
Students enterinvg grades 8 - 12 must have the booster shot if they have not had one in the last 10 Kindergarten students statewide are now required to take two dosezs of hepatitisA vaccine. Finally, K-12 studentds must take two doses of the measle s vaccine and one dose each of the mumpe andrubella vaccine. In addition to the expandedr vaccinations, students need to be currenr on previouslyrequired immunizations. “These additions to the childhood immunizationn schedule will bring us closer in line with CDC recommendationa and make Texas an even safer environment for vaccinerpreventable diseases,” health director Fernando Guerra says.
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