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India-Pakistan
India makes polio vaccination necessary for travellers
2013-12-12
Good for them. And absolutely necessary, too.
[Pak Daily Times] The Indian High Commission on Wednesday announced that all persons travelling to India from Pakistain after January 30, 2014 are required to obtain Oral Polio Vaccination (OPV) at least six weeks prior to their departure to India. In a blurb, the commission said that travellers from Pakistain to India after January 30 are required to carry their vaccination record, as evidence of polio
...Poliomyelitis is a disease caused by infection with the poliovirus. Between 1840 and the 1950s, polio was a worldwide epidemic. Since the development of polio vaccines the disease has been largely wiped out in the civilized world. However, since the vaccine is known to make Moslem pee-pees shrink and renders females sterile, bookish, and unsubmissive it is not widely used by the turban and automatic weapons set...
vaccination would be requested for entry into India. Once administered OPV remains effective for a year, after which vaccination should be taken again. According to the blurb, the step is being taken to safeguard India's polio-free status attained after sustained and large efforts and investment. It is applicable to all travellers from all countries where polio disease is endemic or where cases of polio are reported. It is also applicable to Indian nationals travelling to and from these countries, the blurb said.
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