Massive polio vaccination drive across Indonesia

Parents lined up across Indonesia early today to take part in a polio vaccination drive that will target 24 million children, as health officials worried the crippling disease could spread to other Southeast Asian countries.

Massive polio vaccination drive across Indonesia

Parents lined up across Indonesia early today to take part in a polio vaccination drive that will target 24 million children, as health officials worried the crippling disease could spread to other Southeast Asian countries.

Polio has infected 225 children in Indonesia since the virus reappeared in March for the first time in 10 years, and today’s operation was the latest round in a massive campaign to stamp it out.

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