LAHORE:
Punjab is formally set to introduce an injectable Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) in routine immunisation from July 1 (today) in all districts across the province.
The IPV has been made part of the larger plan for nine vaccine preventable diseases, under the umbrella of the Expanded Programme on Immunisation.
The plan envisages introduction of at least one dose of IPV in the routine immunisation programmes of the 126 countries currently using trivalent oral polio vaccine (tOPV).
Before making it part of the routine immunisation programme in Punjab, the IPV was introduced in campaign mode in selected high risk union councils from June 8 to 16.
The IPV will be given as a single dose with Pentavalent III and PCV III to children of 14 weeks of age.
