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Polio vaccine contamination puts 1 in 2 lakh children at risk, that's not dangerous
Kishork •WHO decided that the 'risk' of vaccine-induced poliomyelitis by type 2 poliovirus is not acceptable as it had not been found for over 2 decades.
Oral polio vaccine contamination has doctors concerned due to shortage of safer injectable options
Menakarao •The contamination of oral polio vaccine has increased concerns among doctors because of the constant shortage of a safer injectable polio vaccine.
Probe ordered after eradicated type 2 polio virus found in oral vaccine; Ghaziabad pharma company MD held
•The Health Ministry has ordered a probe after traces of polio type 2 virus were found in some batches of oral polio vaccine (OPV) manufactured by a Ghaziabad-based pharmaceutical company, even as the firm's managing director was arrested Saturday
Centre gives nod to include three more vaccines in UIP
Fp Archives •India has relied on oral polio vaccine (OPV) to successfully eradicate polio but OPV has very remote but real possibility of its virus turning virulent and IPV will also keep community's immunity level high, according to Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan.