The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) says it will commence polio immunisation for children under the ages of five on Dec. 15.
The Secretary of Health and Human Services Secretariat, Mr Abubakar Bappa, said this on Friday during the official flag off of the first round of Polio Outbreak Vaccination Response exercise in Abuja.
He said the polio vaccination serves as a booster dose for children already vaccinated and an opportunity to reach out to missed children.
“It is a continuation of the sub-national vaccine response to the upsurge of circulating vaccine derived polio virus type 2 cases this year, in 26 LGAs in the nine states of Kano, Kaduna, Katsina, Sokoto, Zamfara, Yobe and Taraba.
“The FCT will continue to participate as scheduled to keep her residents protected.
“This is the first round; Polio Outbreak Vaccine Response, Sub-National Immunisation plus Days (SNIPDs) in the FCT is from Saturday, Dec. 15, to Tuesday, Dec. 18,’’ Bappa said.
He said that FCT has…
