Afghanistan returnees provided free polio vaccination: Health Ministry
The Hindu
‘Move by the government is vital in ensuring India’s status as a polio-free country’
The Health Ministry has decided to vaccinate returnees from Afghanistan with free polio vaccines as a preventive measure, tweeted Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Sunday. The Union Minister also attached a photo of the vaccine drive already underway at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi. Providing details on why India is keen to vaccinate people returning from Afghanistan, a senior Health Ministry official explained that India received its “polio-free certification” along with the entire southeast Asia region on March 27, 2014. However, wild polio virus cases continue to be reported in neighbouring Pakistan and Afghanistan — the last two polio-endemic countries in the world.
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