Polio vaccinations which is expected to cover at least 12 million children in Africa would be delayed in Africa this year due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus.
According to Dr Pascal Mkanda, the head of polio for World Health Organization Africa, this suspension is expected to last until at least the second half of 2020
“We took the difficult decision to suspend these plans and considered it would have a significant impact on preventing the spread of new outbreaks, New outbreaks of polio will appear because we will not be able to administer the vaccines in time.” He said
Already some two children in Niger have been affected as reported by the World Health Organization even though its has been eradicated in the country for a period of two years now.
