This is the first case of polio in Europe since 2010 and in Ukraine since 1996

No child of the targeted group will be left out, he claimed

Only nine drives will be carried out between Sep and May next year

Children across Fata to be immunised by government teams

Inactivated polio vaccine to be included in health department’s routine immunisation programme

Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation funds supply till 2017

More than four million children will benefit from the vaccine which will be incorporated into immunisation schedule

Ministry instructs three provinces to include the vaccine in EPI by mid-September.

WHO says residents lacking documentation of recent polio vaccination should be restricted at "point of entry"

We need to create awareness amongst the general public regarding the importance of vaccination and immunisation