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Mexico’s Government, Direct Relief Deliver Donated Polio Vaccine to Ecuador
Polio vaccine from Mexico arrives in Ecuador via Direct Relief in response to an international appeal for additional doses. (Photo: Luis Armijos, Ministry of Health of Ecuador )
People may think of polio as a disease that has been eradicated, like smallpox, but that is not the case.
Last year, there were 441 reported polio cases worldwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
While the last-known case of the crippling disease in the United States was in 1979, the CDC recommends that all children should receive a series of four polio shots.
MEXICO CITY, March 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ People may think of polio as an eradicated disease, like smallpox, but that is not the case.
Last year, there were 441 reported polio cases worldwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
While the last-known case of the crippling disease in the United States was in 1979, the CDC recommends that all children should receive a series of four polio shots.
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“No country is safe from polio until the virus has been eradicated globally,” says the World Health Organization.
Ecuador last month launched a national campaign to inoculate infants against polio, but it ran short of the vaccine doses needed.