Ensure oral polio vaccine for children below 5 years of age on January 17: Dr Harsh Vardhan
"Today, in spite of the fact that virtually all the countries in the world have eradicated polio, two of our neighboring countries still have cases of poliomyelitis, the P1 strain and the number is significant," he told reporters after overseeing the dry run for the rollout of COVID19 vaccination at Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital here.;
Chennai: Children below five years of age should be administered oral polio vaccine on January 17 and parents should ensure it, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Harsh Vardhan said here on Friday.
Recalling the last case of poliovirus in the country, exactly 10 years ago during January 2011 in West Bengal, he said the World Health Organisation certified India as polio-free in 2014.
"Today, in spite of the fact that virtually all the countries in the world have eradicated polio, two of our neighboring countries still have cases of poliomyelitis, the P1 strain and the number is significant," he told reporters after overseeing the dry run for the rollout of COVID-19 vaccination at Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital here.
The Minister, however, did not specify the two countries.
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