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India to vaccinate evacuees from Afghanistan against Polio
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 22 (ANI): As India continues to evacuate people from Afghanistan, which has been taken over by the Taliban, the Centre on Sunday said it will also administer free polio vaccines to Afghan nationals who land in the country.
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Pakistan suspends polio vaccine drive after attacks on health workers
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 17 (ANI): Amid its inability to stamp out religious extremism, Pakistan has now "indefinitely" suspended its nationwide anti-polio campaign, to protect some 270,000 polio field staff from growing attacks.
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Ignorance stands before Pakistan's polio challenge
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 15 (ANI): Amid Pakistan's inability to stamp out religious extremism, the surging attack on the country's polio vaccine workers is hurting the government's vaccination drive.
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Jeremy Strong to play polio vaccine inventor Jonas Salk in 'Splendid Solut
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 31 (ANI): American actor Jeremy Strong, widely known for his role in the HBO hit series 'Succession', will essay the role of Dr Jonas Salk, the inventor of the polio vaccine, in the upcoming biographical movie 'Splendid Solution'.
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Yavatmal sanitiser incident 'unforgivable mistake', says Maharashtra healt
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 3 (ANI): Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Tuesday condemned the "unforgivable mistake" in which 12 children, aged between one and five, were administered hand sanitiser instead of oral polio vaccine drops in Yavatmal.
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12 children in Maharashtra's Yavatmal administered sanitiser drops instead
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Yavatmal (Maharashtra) [India], February 2 (ANI): Twelve children under five years of age were admitted to a hospital after they were administered sanitiser drops instead of polio vaccine in Maharashtra's Yavatmal on Monday, informed Yavatmal District Council Chief Executive Officer Shrikri
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TB and Polio vaccines being considered to fight COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 12 (ANI): As the world waits for the coronavirus vaccine, scientists, in meantime, are evaluating two tried-and-true vaccines for Tuberculosis and Polio to see if they can offer limited protection against the coronavirus.
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More than 19 lakh children administered polio vaccine in J&K
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Srinagar [Jammu and Kashmir], Jan 23 (ANI): Directorate of Family Welfare, MCH and Immunization on Wednesday said that the recent Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme has succeeded in achieving 100 per cent coverage of target population in Jammu and Kashmir as 19,85,021 children in the age bra
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Polio vaccines safe and effective assures Centre
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 5 (ANI): Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday refuted rumors being spread about virus being found in polio drops meant to be given to children up to five years and reassured that polio vaccines being used in India are safe and effective.
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