Injectable polio vaccine debuted in Punjab

Injectable polio vaccine debuted in Punjab

• Provides better protection than oral variety • Children up to 15 to be immunised as older kids now identified as key to transmission • Drive to be extended to other high-risk urban centres, such as Karachi, Hyderabad • Police rescue polio team detained at private school ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: Health auth­orities in Punjab on Monday launched a massive Extended-Age Fractional IPV Campaign, aiming to vaccinate up to 2 million children with an injectab…