The Israel launched a vaccination campaign against her polio after the first case of the disease that was identified after more than three decades, as announced today the Ministry of Healthexpressing concern that citizen participation may be limited due to fatigue with COVID-19 pandemic.
THE polio is a viral disease of the brain and spinal cord that can lead to irreversible paralysis. It mainly affects children under 5 years old. Israel started vaccinating against the disease in 1957 and the last recorded so far incident was in 1988.
However since March a girl diagnosed with the disease and at least six asymptomatic cases have been identified in its area Jerusalem, as announced by the Ministry of Health. They were all unvaccinated. The virus was detected in sewage from three other cities, he added
«I take it very seriously. “The number of cases may be small at the moment, but this is the tip of the iceberg,” said Nachman As. Secretary General of the Ministry, on Tel Aviv 103 FM radio station.
The vaccines against polio are systematically pronounced in children in Israel. Due to a policy change between 2005 and 2014, some children received an oral dose instead of a two-dose vaccine.
The ministry is now focusing on children who have not been vaccinated at all or those who have received an oral dose.
Unlike previous polio vaccination campaigns, “this time it is much more difficult. “People are tired of the coronavirus, tired of the vaccines (against COVID-19),” said As.
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