Rotavirus Infection: Recommended vaccinations
  General recommendation
  Recommendation for specific groups only
  Catch-up (e.g. if previous doses missed)
 
Vaccination not funded by the National Health system
 
Mandatory vaccination
WeeksMonths
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Austria
ROTA1
Belgium
ROTA
ROTA
ROTA2
Bulgaria
ROTA3
Croatia
ROTA4
Cyprus
Czechia
ROTA5
ROTA5
ROTA5
Denmark
Estonia
ROTA
ROTA
ROTA2
Finland
ROTA
ROTA
ROTA
France
ROTA
ROTA
ROTA2
Germany
ROTA
ROTA
ROTA2
Greece
ROTA
ROTA
ROTA
Hungary
Iceland
ROTA6
ROTA
ROTA
Ireland
ROTA
ROTA
Italy
ROTA7
Latvia
ROTA
ROTA
ROTA2
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
ROTA
ROTA
ROTA
Luxembourg
ROTA
ROTA
ROTA
Malta
Netherlands
ROTA
ROTA
Norway
RV1
RV1
Poland
ROTA
Portugal
ROTA
ROTA
ROTA
Romania
Slovakia
ROTA8
ROTA8
ROTA9
Slovenia
Spain
ROTA10
Sweden
ROTA
ROTA
ROTA11

Footnotes:

  1. Two or three doses depending on the vaccine used (3rd dose only for pentavalent rotavirus vaccines). Vaccination is recommended for infants from the age of 6 weeks and, depending on the vaccine, should be completed by the age of 24 weeks (monovalent rotavirus vaccine) or 32 weeks (pentavalent rotavirus vaccine) at the latest. More information: https://www.sozialministerium.gv.at/impfplan (p. 117ff)
  2. 3rd dose only for pentavalent rotavirus vaccines
  3. Active immunization of children aged 6 to 24 weeks. The vaccination course consists of two doses, with an interval of at least 4 weeks between doses. Vaccine and immunization are covered by National Program for the Prevention of Rotavirus Gastroenteritis
  4. Vaccination is recommended and funded by Croatian Health Insurance for certain at risk groups (ex, infants born prematurely before the 33rd week of gestation, newborns with congenital heart defects, with congenital metabolic disorders, etc).
  5. Recommended only. Vaccination not funded by the National Health system or health insurance. 2 or 3 doses/depends on the vaccine used.
  6. Rotavirus vaccine introduced in 2025, three dose schedule
  7. Two or three doses depending on the vaccine used (3rd dose only for pentavalent rotavirus vaccines)
  8. Generally recommended to children with no legislative support. This period is an indication and subsequent doses can be administered differently, if the starting dose was administered differently than from the original recommended age.
  9. Generally recommended to children with no legislative support. This period is an indication and subsequent doses can be administered differently, if the starting dose was administered differently than from the original recommended age. This dose applies only to children previously vaccinated with RotaTeq in order to fulfil the vaccination course of three doses.
  10. Additional information can be found at: https://www.sanidad.gob.es/areas/promocionPrevencion/vacunaciones/comoTrabajamos/docs/Rotavirus_Recomendaciones2024.pdf
  11. 3rd dose only indicated when a pentavalent rotavirus vaccine is used.