Publish Date: 8 May 2022 - 14:02

Non-Iranian children receive polio vaccine in Qom

Qom, IRNA – Vaccination of foreign national's children against polio is underway in Qom, 140 km south of Iranian capital, as of Saturday (May 7).

Mohammad-Taqi Soltani, a technical official at Qom health center, told IRNA here on Sunday.

During the past two years, vaccination against polio had not been done due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the official said.

Before the pandemic which started in December 2019, about 7,000 non-Iranian children under five were vaccinated against polio.

Given by mouth, the polio vaccine protects children against poliomyelitis – a disabling disease caused by poliovirus.

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