Polio Vaccine
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WHO delivers 1.2 million polio vaccine doses to Gaza after Israel agrees to 'humanitarian pauses'
World | Aug 30, 2024, 03:08 PM ISTIsrael and Hamas agreed to a three-day pause in different areas of the Gaza Strip as the WHO will begin its polio vaccination campaign on September 1. This came after a 10-month-old baby was infected with a mutated strain of the virus, the first confirmed case in 25 years.
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Polio Day 2024: 5 benefits of polio vaccine for every child
Health | Mar 03, 2024, 07:13 AM ISTCelebrate Polio Day 2024 by learning about the 5 key benefits of the polio vaccine for safeguarding every child's health and future. Join the global effort to eradicate this debilitating disease once and for all.
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Polio vaccine for COVID-19 ‘testable’, may offer limited protection: Study
India | Jun 18, 2020, 05:24 PM ISTIndian scientists have responded cautiously to a suggestion by global researchers that the oral polio vaccine be tested for COVID-19, saying it is a “testable idea” based on a sound scientific concept but may offer only limited protection against the infection.
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Centre bans Ghaziabad-based pharmaceutical company from supplying and manufacturing polio vaccines
India | Oct 04, 2018, 07:49 AM ISTAccording to the Ministry, additional legal samples of bOPV were immediately sent for testing to the Central Drug Laboratory in Kasauli, which confirmed the previous report of presence of traces of virus.
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Two new polio cases detected in Pakistan
World | Aug 02, 2014, 02:03 PM ISTIslamabad: Two new polio cases has been detected in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), a media report said on Saturday.Health officials said that one-year-old Salma Bibi from Peshawar's Nasab Colony
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Satisfied at polio-free India, but can't be complacent: Harsh Vardhan
India | Jul 28, 2014, 11:21 AM ISTNew Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan says that he is happy about India being polio-free for three years and receiving WHO certification, but warned against becoming complacent and neglecting steps to save the country