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poliovirus vaccine

[¦pō·lē·ō′vī·rəs vak′sēn]
(immunology)
A vaccine prepared from one or all three types of polioviruses in a live or attenuated state.
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More children have been reached with polio vaccine than ever before,' he said
With additional efforts and significant field developments along with cooperation and humanitarian partnerships with international organizations in the year 2019, the Emirates Polio Campaign in its first 4 months of Phase-VI has succeeded in delivering 36 million 265 thousand and 690 doses of polio vaccine.
Minister for Local Governemnt Shahram Khan Taraqai responding to the point of order said that he would talk to Health Minister about taking the two MPAs on board, adding that polio vaccine reaction was a serious matter and those involved in creating chaos should be dealt strictly.
The government has also asserted that there are other vaccine manufacturers providing the polio vaccine and their supplies have been tested and conform to all the recommended standards.
"Guys my baby is suffering from the polio vaccine's side effects.
The polio vaccine was introduced in the 1950s when there were close to 8,000 cases of polio per year in the UK.
Several reasons for disapproval were reported, majority (32.26%) of the participants believed that polio vaccine reduces the sexual power and affect the sperm (sterilize) as children grown up this was followed up by the vaccine consist of forbidden (Haram) ingredients (29.03%), its Jews lobby to destroy the muslim generation (22.58%) and it's a plan to reduce the muslim population (16.13%).
The new vaccine will have the Type 1 and 3 strains and the introduction of an injectable polio vaccine will help reduce risks associated with withdrawal of the Type 2 strain.
The bivalent vaccine will be used now to replace the trivalent Oral Polio Vaccine ( OPV).
The UAE Pakistan Assistance Programme (UAE-PAP),launched under directives from President HHSheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan on an initiative by HHSheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of UAE Armed Forces, said a total of 15,278,016 polio vaccine doses were given to Pakistani children aged under five years old in March in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, Sindh and the tribal provinces.
Around 116 schools in Dubai are part of this campaign and provided the polio vaccine on their premises.
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