25/05/2021
Endemic countries, Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV)
Pakistan
Pakistan polio snapshot – March 2021
Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for March 2021
In March:
- No case of WPV1 was confirmed
- 37.7 children under the age of five were vaccinated during the March National Immunisation Days (NIDs)
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