In the Zhytomyr region begins round III supplementary immunization against polio
According to the decision of the Ministry of health of Ukraine on 25 January 2016 III advanced tour begins mass immunization of the child population against polio, which will last 2-3 weeks. According to the head of Department of mobilization work and special issues of the Department of health regional state administration Sergey Berezovskiy region is completely provided with the necessary vaccines. In the third round of vaccination be children aged 2 months to 10 years. In the Zhytomyr region it is planned to vaccinate vaccine OPV 131815 children. Recall that in the Zhytomyr region in the first round 64632 vaccinated child aged 2 months to 6 years (81,5% of the total number of babies of the first round of supplemental immunization), in the second round 65088 children (82,0% of the total number of those who were subject to vaccination). Reference: The polio virus is an illness of dirty hands, is transmitted from person to person through feces and saliva, especially through infected food and water. The most vulnerable to polio are children under the age of five years. Drugs against polio does not exist. Immunization is the only protection from disease. The majority of patients become disabled, and about 5-10% die, they say in the Children's Fund (UNICEF). This was reported in the Zhytomyr regional state administrationÏåðåâåäåíî ñåðâèñîì "ßíäåêñ.Ïåðåâîä÷èê": translate.yandex.ru.
Source: http://uzinform.com.ua/
