8.5 Million Children To Be Vaccinated against Polio

KABUL (MEP) – The Ministry of Public Health says that the polio implementation program for 8.5 million children under the age of 5 has begun.

The program began this morning Monday, October 14, in 324 districts across the country and will continue for five days, MEP reports.

The program says 8.5 million children under the age of five will be vaccinated in the program.

According to the announcement, the new Polio vaccine program is more likely to be implemented in areas where their children were less vaccinated earlier this year.

“We are concerned about the long halt in the Polio vaccine campaign in parts of the country,” said a statement quoted by the Minister of Public Health, Firouzeddin Firouz. “Many children have been exposed to the polio virus.”

The new polio vaccine implementation program is being launched in the country, while polio has only spread in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria, and has claimed victims every year.

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