There is a case for compensation to victims of oral polio vaccine–induced polio disease on the lines of the United Kingdom government that announced compensation to patients who had contracted HIV or hepatitis due to tainted blood during the 1970s and 1980s.
Annual nationwide pulse polio drive postponed ANI | Updated: Jan 13, 2021 12:50 IST
New Delhi [India], January 13 (ANI): India has postponed its pulse polio immunisation drive, scheduled for January 17 as part of the National Polio Eradication Programme, due to unforeseen activities, the Union Health Ministry informed on Wednesday. This is with reference to the letter noT-13012/0112020-lmm dated on 19.11.2020 regarding the scheduled date of Polio NID round. In this regard, this is to inform that due to unforeseen activities, it is decided to postpone the scheduled Polio NID round from 17th January 2021till further notice, read the notice issued by Advisor on Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) Pradeep Halder.