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Namibia to begin vaccination as polio spreads
WINDHOEK - Namibia will begin a mass vaccination campaign on Wednesday amid a worsening polio outbreak that has killed 12 people and infected at least 84 since May, officials said. Kalumbi Shangula of the Ministry of Health and Social Services said vaccine was already being distributed and was for every person who finds himself or herself within the borders of Namibia, irrespective of his or her nationality, health status, physical and physiological condition.The 2.5 million doses of polio vaccine were received from UNICEF Copenhagen last week after the southwest African nation reported its first outbreak of the disease in more than a decade. Posted by: Steve White 2006-06-20 |
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