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Indian children hospitalized after ingesting hand sanitizer instead of polio drops
NEW Published in The Saudi Gazette on 02 - 02 - 2021

At least 12 children have been hospitalized after they were administered hand sanitizer drops instead of oral polio vaccine drops in the western Indian state of Maharashtra.
p class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_E636FF1A-2D3F-BF91-14B8-6230064B3927" style="background-color:#fefefe; box-sizing:border-box; color:#262626; font-family:CNN,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Utkal,sans-serif; font-size:1.2rem; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:300; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:1.66667; margin-bottom:15px; margin-right:0px; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; word-spacing:0px"The incident occurred on Sunday at a primary health center in Yavatmal during the National Pulse Polio vaccination drive, said Shrikrishna Panchal, a senior official from Yavatmal District Council. p class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_3753A971-A51C-743A-2D51-6230064D1F47" style="background-color:#fefefe; box-sizing:border-box; color:#262626; font-family:CNN,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Utkal,sans-serif; font-size:1.2rem; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:300; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:1.66667; margin-bottom:15px; margin-right:0px; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; word-spacing:0px"The incident was brought to light after one of the children complained of uneasiness and vomiting, Panchal said. p class="cn cn--idx-4 cn-list-hierarchical-xs cn-zoneAdContainer" data-layout="list-hierarchical-xs" style="background-color:#fefefe; box-sizing:border-box; color:#262626; font-family:CNN,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Utkal,sans-serif; font-size:15px; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:24px; list-style:outside none none; margin-bottom:10px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; margin-top:0px; padding:0px; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; word-spacing:0px" p class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_90EDF795-598C-D8BA-399E-624C88C3D675" style="background-color:#fefefe; box-sizing:border-box; color:#262626; font-family:CNN,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Utkal,sans-serif; font-size:1.2rem; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:300; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:1.66667; margin-bottom:15px; margin-right:0px; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; word-spacing:0px"All the children have been admitted to the district's Government Medical College and are in a stable condition, the official said.
An inquiry has been ordered against the three healthcare workers, including a doctor, who was present at the time of the incident, he added.
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On Sunday, India's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare started a three-day pan-India polio vaccination drive. p class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_BA3717A0-613C-B579-DDD4-62464E4B870C" style="background-color:#fefefe; box-sizing:border-box; color:#262626; font-family:CNN,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Utkal,sans-serif; font-size:1.2rem; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:300; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:1.66667; margin-bottom:15px; margin-right:0px; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; word-spacing:0px"Polio was once a common virus. In some young children it can affect the nerves and cause muscle weakness or paralysis. There is no treatment and no cure, but getting vaccinated can prevent infection. p class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_89F55250-F986-75A0-FD50-624816BCAE09" style="background-color:#fefefe; box-sizing:border-box; color:#262626; font-family:CNN,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Utkal,sans-serif; font-size:1.2rem; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:300; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:1.66667; margin-bottom:15px; margin-right:0px; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; word-spacing:0px"In 2014, the World Health Organization certified that India was polio-free after going three years without an endemic case. p class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_06757AE3-1BC9-0716-963B-624817DA6C89" style="background-color:#fefefe; box-sizing:border-box; color:#262626; font-family:CNN,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Utkal,sans-serif; font-size:1.2rem; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:300; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:1.66667; margin-bottom:15px; margin-right:0px; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; word-spacing:0px"Five years prior, India was home to nearly half the global polio cases and considered one of the most technically difficult places to eradicate the disease, because of sanitation challenges and high-density population. p class="cn cn--idx-13 cn-list-hierarchical-xs cn-zoneAdContainer" data-layout="list-hierarchical-xs" style="background-color:#fefefe; box-sizing:border-box; color:#262626; font-family:CNN,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Utkal,sans-serif; font-size:15px; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:24px; list-style:outside none none; margin-bottom:10px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; margin-top:0px; padding:0px; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; word-spacing:0px" p class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_06E59D8B-F8E0-773F-F4A6-624A01F24144" style="background-color:#fefefe; box-sizing:border-box; color:#262626; font-family:CNN,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Utkal,sans-serif; font-size:1.2rem; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:300; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:1.66667; margin-bottom:15px; margin-right:0px; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; word-spacing:0px"The eradication of polio in India has been heralded as one of the biggest achievements in global health efforts, but vaccination programs and surveillance must continue to prevent outbreaks. p class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_2BA7579B-B9A6-A41E-03AD-624BDEEBDF5A" style="background-color:#fefefe; box-sizing:border-box; color:#262626; font-family:CNN,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Utkal,sans-serif; font-size:1.2rem; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:300; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:1.66667; margin-bottom:15px; margin-right:0px; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; word-spacing:0px"Polio has been eradicated in Southeast Asia, the Americas, Europe, most of Australasia and Africa. Wild strains of polio only circulate now in two countries: Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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