Going door-to-door to deliver the oral polio vaccine would put both communities and health workers at risk of COVID-19, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative says.
By Leslie RobertsScience’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center.The COVID-19 pandemic is imperiling the worldwide, 3-decade drive to wipe out polio.
In an unprecedented move, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) has recommended suspending polio vaccination campaigns to help stop the spread of the novel coronavirus.On 24 March, GPEI’s leadership called on all countries to postpone until at least the second half of this year both mass campaigns to boost immunity to the polio virus and the targeted campaigns underway in Africa to stop outbreaks sparked