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Zimbabwe administers nearly three million polio vaccine doses

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The Zimbabwean government says it has administered nearly three million doses of polio vaccine in 27 high-risk border districts. On World Polio Day, it says it is strengthening vaccination programmes and epidemiological surveillance, according to the Daily News.

Zimbabwe has administered nearly three million doses of polio vaccine in 27 border districts considered high-risk. The government has also reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening national immunisation programmes and disease surveillance, according to a statement cited by the Daily News on World Polio Day.

Zimbabwean authorities describe the campaign as strengthening the protection of children against polio, a disease targeted by immunisation and epidemiological surveillance programmes, the Daily News reports.

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