“Age regarding the vaccination in Azerbaijan begins from age 12,” said First Deputy Minister of Health, Acting Minister of Health Teymur Musayev, APA reports.
He noted that children with chronic diseases and with the formal consent of both parents can be vaccinated here: “Lowering the vaccination age has been accepted in some countries, some are in waiting position. After the results of the latest scientific researches are published, such issues are discussed at the meetings of the Medical-Scientific Council under the Ministry of Health, and then a decision is made. We just wait for the latest scientific results.”