9 jul 2018

Ministry of Health warns of high risk of return of poliomyelitis in 312 Brazilian cities

The warning was made in a meeting with government and municipal health secretaries. "This is a very serious situation," says coordinator of the immunization program Carla Domingues.

Municipalities who failed to reach 50% of the vaccination coverage have the highest risk of polio. "A city with these indicators has all the conditions to re-dispatch the disease in our country. It will be a disaster for health as a whole.