In the Zhytomyr region since April 18, the use trivalente OPS polio vaccine halted
end the use topv due to the withdrawal of the live oral polio vaccine type II virus, which the who already sees no threat. Updated, bivalent vaccine was registered in Ukraine and will be purchased by UNICEF and delivered to Ukraine in may. Head of Department of mobilization work and specific issues of health Department of Zhytomyr regional state administration Sergey Berezovsky noted that according to the order of Ministry of health of Ukraine of 24 March 2016 No. 237 "On some issues of application of the vaccine to prevent polio" from April 18, 2016 trehvalentnoe stopped using a live oral vaccine for prevention of poliomyelitis (hereinafter topv). "Since 1999 passed the monitoring work, which showed that type II polio virus found in nature. Therefore, it was concluded that this type is eliminated, and therefore it makes no sense to use trehvalentnoe the vaccine. The transition to dowelanco the vaccine done at the level of the all-Ukrainian organization for the protection of health and the Ministry of health of Ukraine", – said Sergey Berezovsky. So, on April 18, all remains tops in offices and points of vaccination, vaccine formulations were removed from refrigerator and stored outside the "cold chain". Further use of the vaccine topv after April 18, 2016 banned. This was reported in the Zhytomyr regional state administrationÏåðåâåäåíî ñåðâèñîì "ßíäåêñ.Ïåðåâîä÷èê": translate.yandex.ru.
Source: http://uzinform.com.ua/
