Philippines: Polio detected in Manila sewage, Mass immunization campaign in August
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By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews In mid-August, the local government of Manila conducted a mass immunization campaign against polio, targeting about 197,000 children under 5 years old. This was for several reasons-in recent years, vaccination coverage for the third dose of the Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) has fallen below 95%, the target required to ensure population protection against ["]
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