Chennai: Special counters have been set up at international airports in the State to administer oral polio vaccine (OPV) for persons undertaking urgent travel to and from eight polio-affected countries.
Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria are polio-endemic countries, while five others – Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, Syria and Cameroon — got infected from the endemic countries in 2013, according to health officials.
The Government of India had made it mandatory for travellers to and from these countries to take a single dose of OPV in an effort to prevent the importation of poliovirus into the country.
Following this, the State’s public health department has made arrangements to administer OPV to travellers and issue vaccination certificates at designated centres and international airports – Chennai, Madurai, Coimbatore and Tiruchirapalli, officials said.
19/05/14 Serena Josephine M/The Hindu
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Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria are polio-endemic countries, while five others – Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, Syria and Cameroon — got infected from the endemic countries in 2013, according to health officials.
The Government of India had made it mandatory for travellers to and from these countries to take a single dose of OPV in an effort to prevent the importation of poliovirus into the country.
Following this, the State’s public health department has made arrangements to administer OPV to travellers and issue vaccination certificates at designated centres and international airports – Chennai, Madurai, Coimbatore and Tiruchirapalli, officials said.
19/05/14 Serena Josephine M/The Hindu
