Polio warning for Pak travellers



Karachi  - Global Polio Initiative Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) has stated that any child or adult travelling out of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria should be certified as vaccinated against polio, reported a private TV channel on Friday. The IMB stated that this will reduce the risk of the virus spreading to polio-free countries. Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria are the only countries who have failed to control the spread of the polio virus within their borders.

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