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Covid-19 disrupts routine childhood immunisation programmes

Covid-19 has disrupted routine childhood immunisation programmes, leaving about 228 million children vulnerable to deadly, but preventable diseases such as measles, yellow fever and polio, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Monday. Briefing the media on Covid-19, WHO director-general, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said many countries had suspended child vaccination programmes as a result of […]