Konnie Huq in Lucknow during the November Immunization days in Northern India - CC via Flickr/ RIBI Image LibraryCAIRO – 28 February 2021: Egypt’s Ministry of Health launched on Sunday a national vaccination campaign against polio nationwide for Egyptian and non-Egyptian children, who are one day to 5 years old. The campaign will last until March 3, 2021 and aims to target 16.7 million child for free. In the villages, medical personnel will go to homes to reach all children, from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm (Cairo time). Last year, the Ministry of Health 2020 campaign targeted 16.5 million Egyptian and foreign children. The global strategy in polio eradication recommends introducing an additional dose via injection to the dose of oral vaccination in the fourth month, the remaining six doses to remain oral.

Source: Egypt Today February 28, 2021 09:56 UTC