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We have been told that bivalent vaccine will be made available to the state by January or February next year
We have not had cases of the P1 polio virus from June this year but cases of P3 virus are increasing. The bivalent vaccine will provide protection against both the strains
The problem is that if we administer monovalent vaccine for P1 strain, the number of P3 cases rise and it is vice versa. We are more focused on the P1 strain so P3 cases have risen here. P1 is the most difficult to eradicate and spreads widely. In 2007, the P1 virus was transferred from India to Angola ...
Accessibility is the biggest challenge in eradicating polio in areas in the embankment of Kosi river. These areas are flooded for four months a year and movement is possible only through boats, horses and motorbikes. At times it taken hours to travel to a small hamlet to deliver polio vaccine,\