The Health Ministry has launched the first national anti-polio vaccination campaign for the year 2022, which will continue until March 10th, and will target children under the age of five regardless of their previous vaccinations.
The campaign aims to reach about 2.7 million children in several provinces, and it is implemented through 977 health centers and 2,450 mobile teams, with the participation of 10,210 health workers, while taking precautionary measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
Head of Damascus Health Directorate, Dr. Mohammad Samer Shahrour, affirmed that the vaccine is safe, effective and recommended by the World Health Organization, and that the vaccine doesn’t disrupt or affect the response of the immune system of children to the Coronavirus.
Shahrour stressed that the vaccine protects the children and society from the dangerous polio disease that leads to permanent disability or death.
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)