World Health Organisation warns failure to replace old polio vaccine when it is destroyed next month will lead to uninoculated children spreading virusUkraine could be a month away from becoming the only country in the world without protection from polio because of delays in licensing a new vaccine, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).Health workers in Ukraine, which is currently battling a polio outbreak, will be unable to continue inoculating with an older type of vaccine from April, when batches of the older version must be discontinued and destroyed. Related: Polio in two Ukrainian children first occurrence of disease …read more
Source: The Guardian
