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Companies

Indonesia’s PT Bio Farma gets cleanchit in polio vaccine contamination case

The focus now shifts to India's Bio-Med for supplying polio vaccines contaminated with type 2 virus

3 min read26 Nov 2018
Companies

Polio vaccine contamination: Govt may oppose Bio-Med MD’s bail

The Bio-Med MD was arrested after traces of polio strain 2 virus were found in polio vaccines produced at the company in September, but he received bail 14 days later

2 min read5 Nov 2018
Science

Polio vaccine contamination: India to send team to Indonesia on 22 October

A four-member expert team will leave for Indonesia on 22 October to check on PT Bio Farma, seeking to solve the mystery behind the contamination of some batches of a polio vaccine

1 min read16 Oct 2018
Politics

Fears of mystery polio strain now haunt India

Contamination of some batches of a polio vaccine threatens to bring back a vaccine strain of polio believed to have destroyed years ago

8 min read16 Oct 2018
News

Militant ambush kills 12 of polio workers escort in Pakistan

Militants detonate a roadside bomb before opening fire on convoy security escort for a polio vaccination team

2 min read1 Mar 2014
News

Pakistan militants kidnap 11 teachers in polio vaccination campaign

Militants accuse the anti-polio volunteers of being Western spies or part of a plot to sterilise Muslims

2 min read23 Nov 2013
Politics

Community leaders, women help curb polio in West Bengal

Community leaders, women help curb polio in West Bengal

7 min read23 Jul 2007

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