4.3.2  Oral rotavirus vaccine

Rotavirus vaccine is also administered orally in a similar way as described for OPV, but Rotarix^TM is supplied in single-dose ‘squeeze-tube’ vials. Each vial contains 1.5 ml of vaccine which is squeezed slowly — drop by drop — into the infant’s open mouth. You will be given more detailed instructions when the vaccine is introduced into the EPI in Ethiopia.