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What We Know About the Polio Crisis in Gaza
Israel and Hamas have said they will abide by staggered pauses in fighting to allow aid workers to vaccinate children, and Israel has said it will not...
Pakistan to import polio markers from India
25 Dec 2019 10:29 PM ISTThe federal cabinet of Pakistan on Tuesday decided to give a one-time permission for import of polio markers from India and reduce prices of 89...
Corpn to set up 1,645 camps for polio vaccination today
19 Jan 2020 3:45 AM ISTThe Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) is all set to administer polio vaccine to more than seven lakh children below five years of age, on Sunday.
Polio vaccination drops are Sharia-compliant: Pak Ulema
20 Feb 2020 8:39 PM ISTHafiz Ashrafi appealed to the ulema and religious scholars to play their role in making the ongoing anti-polio drive a success and deliver this...
Africa now free of wild poliovirus, but polio threat remains
25 Aug 2020 6:52 PM ISTHealth authorities on Tuesday are expected to declare the African continent free of the wild poliovirus after decades of effort, though cases of...
Polio cases in Pakistan this year reach 72
18 Sept 2020 2:53 PM ISTAccording to the World Health Organization (WHO), cVDPV remained a menace to the end game of polio eradication as it is one of the main causes of...
World Polio Day: Battle against polio offers lessons on COVID control
24 Oct 2020 12:17 AM ISTSurvivors, activists and healthcare professionals said the mistakes made in the past with regard to access and production of polio vaccine should not...
Centre postpones NID for polio until further notice
11 Jan 2021 3:40 AM ISTThe Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has said that the national immunisation day (NID) for polio will be delayed until further notice....