Beginning of implementation of polio prevention vaccination in 21 provinces of Afghanistan

According to the regional office Tasnim news agency, Ministry of Health In an announcement, Afghanistan stated that the vaccination plan for the prevention of polio disease has started today, Monday, March 7, for three days in 21 provinces of Afghanistan.

According to the announcement of the Ministry of Health In this plan, about 7.6 million children under the age of five will receive polio vaccine to be vaccinated against this viral disease.

“Polio Free Afghanistan Foundation” “X” virtual page wrote: Polio vaccination campaign in the provinces of Kabul, Kunduz, Takhar, Baghlan, Nuristan, Kunar, Laghman, Parwan, Kapisa, Nangarhar, Paktia, Paktika, Khost, Ghazni, Zabul, Uruzgan, Kandahar, Helmand. , Nimroz, Farah and Herat.

The Ministry of Health of Afghanistan had previously stated: Until 2024, no positive cases of polio have been observed in Afghanistan.

It should be said that Afghanistan and Pakistan are the only countries in the world where polio It has not been completely eradicated in them.

Afghan media had previously announced that the polio virus can only be transmitted from person to person, so the irregular movement of people and Patients from Pakistan to Afghanistan are effective in spreading this viral disease.

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