Third Round of Polio Vaccination Targets High-Risk Counties in Northeastern Kenya

FILE - A community health worker administers a polio vaccine during the polio immunization campaign in Kiamako, Nairobi, Kenya, July 19, 2021.

A polio vaccination campaign that was planned for November but postponed due to heavy rains and floods is finally taking place in three high risk counties in the northeastern part of Kenya. This comes after 13 cases of the so-called circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (CVDPV2) were discovered last year in the area.