Polio -- India
At least 3 batches of polio vaccines containing 1.5 lakh [150 000] vials have been found contaminated with type 2 polio virus, putting at risk India's "polio free" status as children born after April 2016 -- when the type 2 virus was withdrawn worldwide including in India -- do not have immunity to this particular virus, sources said.
The health ministry and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have stepped up surveillance, particularly in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Telangana where the
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