Abuja, Nigeria — The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has deployed 1,152 teams across the 62 Wards of its six Area Councils to aggressively immunize children under five against the Polio virus. While the teams will embark on house-to-house visits and visits to churches, mosques and other special places, the administration also deployed 154 Fixed…
Kogi, Nigeria — Not fewer than 77,495 children have been immunised against polio in remote communities across seven local government areas of Kogi State. The state government stated that this development would help consolidate its 10-year-old polio-free status. The state Immunisation Officer, Grace Ojofedo, disclosed this to the newsmen on Monday following the completion of…
The Palestinian Health Ministry in Ramallah has recorded the first case of polio in the Gaza Strip. The Ministry made this announcement on Friday, saying that the infected individual is said to be an unvaccinated, 10-month-old infant in Deir al-Balah in the centre of the area. Tests in the Jordanian capital, Amman, have reportedly confirmed…
