Time to administer vaccine against polio changed

Kathmandu, Dec 27: The Ministry of Health and Population has revised the time of administrating FIPV, a vaccine against polio.     

The spokesperson of the Ministry, Dr Sanjay Kumar Thakur, shared that the time of administrating FIVP is changed at the advice of the specialists.     

Now, the first dose of the vaccine against polio would be administered to children below one year in 14 weeks and the second dose in nine months against six weeks and 14 weeks, respectively.     

He said the vaccine can be administered to children within five years if it is missed at the age of one. The children would get two doses of vaccines at a gap of four months within five years. (RSS)