Pune: The Union Health Minister Gulam
Nabi Azad on Sunday said that the government would now focus on
`bivalent` polio vaccination starting with UP and Bihar.
Launching Pune district`s polio eradication drive,
Azad said the fresh anti-polio vaccination drive would give
protection against P1 and P3 strains of the virus as P2 had
now become extinct in India.
The minister also paid a visit to National Institute
of Virology (NIV), here, the main referral centre for H1N1
testing in the region hit by Swine flu pandemic and reviewed
its work.
The NIV Director Dr A V Mishra made a presentation
outlining the research projects undertaken by the scientific
community in the institute.
PTI