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Monday 30 November 2020
Rehab uses the former grounds of the Polio Fellowship, after it merged in the 1980s, but campaigners say they no longer receive support.
Paralysed by polio at the age of 15, Jim Costello wants those who oppose vaccination to look at him and reconsider their views.
Geraldine O’Neill was diagnosed with post-polio syndrome in 2002. It’s a condition that not many people know about.
A major vaccination campaign is underway, but UNICEF and WHO say aid workers need better and safer access to children in danger.
Researchers in India and the UK recommended a dose of IPV be added to vaccination programmes in polio-endemic countries.
The recommendation applies to a number of African, Asian, and Middle Eastern countries.
The World Health Organisation declared the emergency following a meeting today about wild poliovirus.
Two experts have warned that areas such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine and Austria, where vaccination coverage is low, could be most at risk.
A cluster of potential cases came to light in recent weeks. It comes as efforts continue to stage a peace conference aimed at resolving the ongoing conflict.
Nine things to know this morning…
Security issues mean that up to 40 per cent children in some parts are not vaccinated.
US researchers say they’ve developed a drug that could cure the common cold, ‘flu and other ailments not affected by antibiotics.
IT’S THE LAST day of November, so it’s safe to say the Christmas countdown has well and truly begun.
With everything that has happened in 2020 so far, many people have chosen to bring a bit Christmas cheer into their lives earlier than usual this year, and decorations have been going up in households around the country for a number of weeks now.
But others are still sticking to their usual traditions and waiting until December to put the tree up.
So, today we want to know: When are you putting up your Christmas tree?
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