February 2019: Pakistan runs anti-polio drive in response to continued case detection

Pakistan runs anti-polio drive in response to continued case detection: In response to four new detected cases and the discovery of wild polio-positive sewage samples in January, Pakistan will run a special polio vaccination round from 18 February in 51 high-risk areas of the country.

The campaign will target 13.3 million children under 5 with monovalent and bivalent oral polio vaccines, as well as inactivated polio vaccines. Government of Pakistan press release; Pakistan Today report; Dawn report

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