WHO raises concern about wastage of polio vaccine in Ukraine
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The World Health Organisation has raised concern about the fact of millions of doses of polio vaccine likely to be wasted in Ukraine, after a patient group raised strong concerns about the doses being given as potentially unsafe.
According to the WHO guidelines, the oral polio vaccine must be kept frozen while in storage, to treat it as clinically appropriate to be given to patients. Polio was identified in the Ukraine last month, the first time in nine years.
According to the WHO guidelines, the oral polio vaccine must be kept frozen while in storage, to treat it as clinically appropriate to be given to patients. Polio was identified in the Ukraine last month, the first time in nine years.
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