Qatar lifts temporary ban on Rotarix children's vaccine

27 June 2010

Qatar's Supreme Council of Health (SCH) has lifted the temporary ban on children's vaccine Rotarix, the Peninsula has reported. The ban was lifted after laboratory tests approved by the US Food and Drugs Administration confirmed that the vaccine was safe for use. The European Medicines Agency has also said that the vaccine did not pose any health risks, SCH said in a statement.

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