The Ministry of Health and Population said he was ill polio It is a highly contagious viral disease that invades the nervous system and is capable of causing complete paralysis within hours and also affects children under five years of age in the first degree.
The Ministry of Health and Population said: The polio virus is transmitted from one person to another, mainly through feces and, to a lesser extent, through common means such as contaminated water or food.
The Ministry of Health today announced the launch of a national polio vaccination campaign, noting that the campaign aims to vaccinate children from one day to 5 years of age free of charge.
The Ministry of Health said the national polio vaccination campaign had been implemented in all governorates of the Republic, noting that the campaign aims to vaccinate about 16 million children.
He added the importance of vaccination for all children in the age range from one day to 5 years, noting that the ministry annually implements the national campaign to keep Egypt free from the disease, as the last case of polio was registered in Egypt in 2004, and the World Health Organization declared Egypt free of the disease in 2004. 2006. Despite this, the Ministry carries out annual national campaigns to boost the immune status of children under five and to increase the immunity among children from countries where there is polio virus circulation, in order to continue to keep Egypt free from the disease.
