150,000 Indian Children May Have Received Contaminated Polio Vaccines

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October 1st, 2018 ? The World Health Organisation (WHO) said that there was ?minimal risk of children contracting the polio virus in India? from a tainted batch of vaccines, reported Reuters.
The Indian Health Ministry has issued advisories to the three states to ensure that polio surveillance teams trace the children who have been given the contaminated vaccines.
Some vials of the oral polio vaccines contaminated with the type-2 poliovirus were administered to children in Maharashtra and Telangana, besides Uttar Pradesh, Health Ministry officials confirmed.
New Delhi health officials said they were investigating why and how northern India-based Bio-Med Pvt Ltd, was still producing such vaccines, and that the affected lots were being recalled.

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WHO plays down risk to Indian children from tainted polio vaccine

The public health scare, which potentially affected thousands of children, put a renewed spotlight on lax pharmaceutical quality control procedures in India.


The latest concerns emerged over the weekend after vaccines produced by privately-held Bio-Med Pvt Ltd and distributed as part of a free government drive to eradicate polio were found to have a strain of the virus that had been eradicated around the world and phased out of vaccines.
However Shamila Sharma, a spokeswoman for the WHO, said any risk to children was ?minimal? due to the high routine polio immunization coverage in India. The WHO funds and supports India?s polio-control program.
Health officials in New Delhi said they were investigating why and how Bio-Med was still producing such vaccines, and that the affected lots were being recalled. The Indian government had ordered this type of vaccine to be discontinued in 2016.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-health-polio/who-plays-down-risk-to-indian-children-from-tainted-polio-vaccine-idUSKCN1MB3H1