He said that preparations are also underway to vaccinate 704,000 people against yellow fever beginning from October 23. The Institute called on parents to seriously consider the threats of the polio virus like coronavirus and vaccine their children against polio virus in each round of campaign in order to lead toward elimination of polio virus in the country. According to the Deputy Director-General, the polio cases have been reported in those zones based on nationwide assessment conducted in December 2019. The Deputy Director-General said the institution has made the necessary preparations in terms of resource mobilization and assignment of health professionals to successfully carry out the door to door vaccination campaign. Polio is a disease that paralyses and even kills and it won’t be cured, so anti-polio vaccine is the only effective and safe way to prevent children from the disease, the deputy director added.

Source: Ethiopian News October 03, 2020 17:48 UTC