Half a Million Children to be Vaccinated against Polio

HAVANA, Cuba, April 24 (acn) The second stage of the 48th Vaccination Campaign against Poliomyelitis began this Friday simultaneously in all Cuban provinces to conclude on April 30, in which nearly half a million children will be immunized against this disease.

This stage includes children less than three years old who received the first dose during the first period of the campaign from February 27 to March 5 earlier this year, reported Granma newspaper.

In addition 9-year-old children will receive the anti-polio reactivation shot during this stage by the end of which around half a million kids will become immune to this disease.

Cuba eradicated polio, malaria, smallpox, chickenpox, new-born tetanus, diphtheria and meningoencephalitis over 40 year ago through vaccination campaigns.

(Comienza hoy en toda Cuba la 48 Campaña Antipolio)