National anti-polio vaccination campaign to kick off next Sunday

The Health Ministry is getting ready to launch its first national anti-polio vaccination campaign for 2021, targeting children under the age of 5 regardless of the previous vaccinations they underwent.

The campaign will start next Sunday- March 7- and will last until March 11. It will be implemented in the health centers in different provinces and through mobile vaccination teams, taking the anti-Coronavirus precautionary measures into consideration.

The vaccination is safe and free and the campaign targets about 2.8 million children in different Syrian provinces, according to the ministry.

 Hamda Mustafa

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