MUMBAI: The BMC administered the polio vaccine to 7,35,000 children on Polio Sunday, covering 56% children under the age of 5 in the city.

The turnout was markedly lower than the round in April which covered 68%. Civic officials attributed the low turnout to the holiday season and poor availability of health officials.

New Delhi: Barely a few hours after being administered the Oral Polio Vaccine at a Pulse Polio booth, a four-year-old child died on Sunday.

Two shots of measles vaccine given during childhood protect a person for life. Four shots of polio vaccine do the same. But flu shots must be taken every year. And even so, they provide less than complete protection.

Old Ways A hurdle to faster flu vaccine production is that current methods use chicken eggs to grow the virus.

May 12: Diseases supposedly on the verge of eradication have reared their deadly head in the state. A cholera epidemic in Bholakpur, an anthrax outbreak in Visakhapatnam and the recurrence of polio cases, are the recent reminders that yesterday

Third Partnership for Polio Eradication Project for Pakistan will be launched from next financial year July with a total cost of US $154.21 million with the co-operation of World Bank, Japan International Co-operation Agency (Jica) and World Health Organisation (Who), which will be completed within two years.

Senior health officials on Wednesday confirmed founding a (type 3) polio case in Kambar-Shahdadkot district of Sindh, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 11 this year.

The latest victim of the dreaded virus is a 21-month-old boy, Shahid Hussain of Dost Mohammad village.

Senior health officials on Wednesday confirmed founding a (type 3) polio case in Kambar-Shahdadkot district of Sindh, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 11 this year.

The latest victim of the dreaded virus is a 21-month-old boy, Shahid Hussain of Dost Mohammad village.

Around 2400 children were vaccinated during two-day polio vaccination campaign launched by Payaam- a volunteer organisation in collaboration with Islamabad Traffic Police and Ministry of Health. A large number of parents visited the camps set up during the campaign and got their kids vaccinated.

: In a bid to reach maximum number of children with the vital oral polio vaccine, the health authorities in association with a cellular service provider, launched an SMS broadcast to reach out to millions of parents in selected high-risk zones across country, said Health Minister Mir Aijaz Hussain Jakhrani.

Jakhrani said this while addressing a ceremony held here on Tuesday.

The Taliban have stopped the polio vaccination campaign