Health DG: Administration of four-dose polio vaccine to continue according to schedule

PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): The administration of four doses of the polio vaccine for infants is continuing at government health facilities under the National Immunisation Programme during the Movement Control Order (MCO) period, says Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

The Health director-general said that the administration of the vaccine for infants aged aged two, three, five and 18 months will follow the stringent standard operating procedures (SOP) by taking into the account the importance of immunisation for infants and children to prevent disease.