LAHORE – Provincial health department has ruled out possibility that polio vaccine can negatively affect a child, irrespective of his age and medical conditions.
Over the years the oral polio vaccine has come under scrutiny and harsh criticism from different quarters including the religious clerics, parents and even doctors.
Expanded Programme on Immunisation Provincial Director Dr Tanveer Ahmed claimed that Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) does not have any side effects and it can be given to any child irrespective of his age.
“A child, even a new-born, must be given OPV because minor children have less immunity and they are affected by the polio virus or other diseases quickly”, the EPI director reiterated.