B.C. parents urged to check immunization records after Chinese vaccine recall

VANCOUVER — Health authorities in British Columbia are urging parents of toddlers who were vaccinated in parts of China last year to check their records for a recalled vaccine.

The BC Centre for Disease Control says two batches of vaccines for DTP — diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis, also known as whooping cough — failed testing and were eventually recalled in October 2017.

The centre says the two batches in question may not provide full immunity to patients, and children who received them may require additional vaccination.

The two batches were used by provincial disease control centres in both the Shandong and Hebei provinces, and by the city of Chongqing’s Disease Prevention and Control Centre.