ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan will launch a massive new polio vaccination campaign on Monday aimed at protecting more than 8.8 million children, the Health Ministry announced on Sunday, reported German news agency (dpa). The campaign will last four days, but will be extended to one week in 42 districts in the eastern part of the country where the risk of the virus is very high, the ministry added. Children under the age of 10 will be vaccinated in these areas, too, while elsewhere the age cap for the vaccine is five.Recently, the World Health Organisation warned that the repatriation of migrants from neighbouring Pakistan has heightened the risk of spreading the virus.The Taliban de-facto governmen
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