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LONDON: Health officials attempting to eradicate polio say they are being forced to suspend their mass immunisation efforts amid the surging coronavirus pandemic. The World Health Organisation and partners decided that for the next six months, all polio activities, including national vaccination campaigns and house-to-house surveillance, should be suspended to avoid placing communities and frontline workers at unnecessary risk. The …

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