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Beijing mulls insurance for adverse vaccine reactions
Beijing mulls insurance for adverse vaccine reactions
Beijing is considering introducing insurance to cover adverse vaccine reactions, Beijing Health and Family Planning Commission said on its website on April 9.
"Though the probability (of severe abnormal reactions) is only 1 in several million, the reactions have a major effect on children and their families," said Xie Hui, director of the disease prevention and control department under the commission, as quoted by Beijing Times.
"We shouldn't scrap the whole immunization program because of the extremely small probability, but we should compensate the unfortunate families."
http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2014-04/10/content_17425333.htm
