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DDC urges polio jabs for kids

Opas: Planning for possible cases

The Public Health Ministry is on full alert to administer the polio vaccine to Thai kids aged under five years old as almost 600 polio cases were recently detected in 22 countries, including Indonesia.

Dr Opas Karnkawinpong, permanent secretary for the Public Health Ministry, gave a statement after a meeting with the national communicable disease committee on Wednesday that Thailand has had no reports of polio cases for the past two decades.

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