Ulan Bator, Feb 9 (IANS) The total number of measles cases in Mongolia has increased to 14,123, the country’s National Centre for Communicable Diseases (NCCD) said on Monday.The majority of new measles infections were among school-age children who had had only one shot of the measles vaccine, the NCCD said in a statement.In view of this, the NCCD advised parents to protect their children from a potentially severe disease by getting them two doses of the measles vaccine.Measles is one of the worl…
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Islamabad, Jan 10 (IANS) Pakistan will vaccinate more than 45 million children during its first nationwide polio eradication campaign of 2026, scheduled to run from February 2 to February 8, health authorities said on Saturday.The country’s emergency operations centre said the week-long campaign will be conducted across the country, with vaccination teams administering oral polio vaccine to children under the age of five.The campaign will be held simultaneously in Pakistan and neighbouring Afgha…