A statement issued by the General Health Directorate noted that the new Vaccination Programme outlines new general vaccinations based on age and specific programmes for risk groups.
Pregnant women between 20 and 36 weeks gestation can now be inoculated against whooping cough – along with the tetanus and diphtheria vaccine.
As of January, children aged between two and six months will be given a six-in-one vaccination: against hepatitis B, meningitis and sepsis, diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough.
The BCG vaccine against tuberculosis will now only be given to children and adults considered to be at additional risk to certain diseases.
The new programme also introduces the vaccines against meningitis B (neisseria meningitidis) but these will also only be given to children considered to be at risk of certain diseases.
At age five, children will receive the second dose of the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine.
At age 10, girls will be given the first dose of the human Pamplona virus (HPV) vaccine.