New Polio Vaccine Is Being Rolled Out Across The World

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A health worker administers the vaccine to a child in Chaman, Pakistan. Asianet-Pakistan

The effort to destroy the poliovirus once and for all has entered what could be its final phase. As reported by BBC News, 155 nations have begun switching to a new type of vaccine designed to target the two remaining viral strains, of which there have only been 10 confirmed cases this year.