New Delhi: India has decided to vaccinate Afghanistan returnees with free Polio Vaccine – OPV & fIPV, as a preventive measure against Wild Polio Virus, said Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya.
” We have decided to vaccinate Afghanistan returnees with free Polio Vaccine – OPV & fIPV, as a preventive measure against Wild Polio Virus. Vaccine drive at Delhi International Airport, ” tweeted Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya.
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We have decided to vaccinate Afghanistan returnees with free Polio Vaccine – OPV & fIPV, as a preventive measure against Wild Polio Virus
Congratulations to the Health Team for their efforts to ensure public health
Take a look at the vaccine drive at Delhi International Airport pic.twitter.com/jPVF1lVmRu
— Mansukh Mandaviya (@mansukhmandviya) August 22, 2021
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Worth mentioning, Afghanistan and Pakistan are the only two countries in the world where polio is still endemic.
Eighty-seven Indians stranded in Afghanistan were brought back to Delhi in a special Air India flight from Kabul early on Sunday.
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