17 July,2022 10:56 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
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The World Health Organisation on Saturday called for greater efforts in the South-East Asia Region to revive routine immunisation rates to pre-Covid-19.
"Commendably, the region has administered 3 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines to date, since January 2021 when the first dose of vaccine was administered in the South-East Asia Region. As we focus on further scaling up Covid-19 vaccination coverage, we must also do all we can to ensure no child is deprived of life-saving vaccines offered under routine immunisation services," Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director WHO South-East Asia said. She pointed out that many countries had demonstrated that routine immunisation can be maintained along with the Covid-19 vaccination.
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Bangladesh, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Thailand have maintained high vaccination rates of over 95 per cent Diphtheria tetanus toxoid and pertussis coverage throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Total number of ACTIVE cases Worldwide as of Saturday
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