XN000022-1975-04-16 — Page 4

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1975

ANTI-POLIO CAMPAIGN

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A TOTAL OF 23,064 DOSES OF ANTI-POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE WAS ADMINISTERED ON CHILDREN IN THE MONTH-LONG CAMPAIGN IN MARCH.

OF THESE, 6,131 WERE FIRST-DOSES, 7,634 SECOND-DOSES AND 9,299 BOOSTER-DOSES.

THE DRIVE WAS THE SECOND IN THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S 1975 ANTI-POL10 CAMPAIGN PROGRAMME, THE FIRST BEING IN JANUARY WHEN 26,390 DOSES OF VACCINE WERE ADMINISTERED.

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A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT EXPLAINED THAT FOR A CHILD TO BE IMMUNISED THREE DOSES OF VACCINE WERE REQUIRED. WITH AN EIGHT-WEEK INTERVAL BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND DOSES. A THIRD DOSE SHOULD BE TAKEN A YEAR LATER.

HE EMPHASISED THAT POL10 VACCINE IS AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AT ALL GOVERNMENT MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CENTRES AND THE CAMPAIGNS CARRIED OUT IN EACH YEAR ARE JUST TO REMIND MOTHERS OF THE AVAILABILITY OF THE VACCINE AND TO URGE THEM TO HAVE THEIR CHILDREN IMMUNISED.

+ALTHOUGH POL 10MYELITIS HAS NOW BEEN VIRTUALLY ELIMINATED SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE VACCINE IN 1967, A HIGH LEVEL OF IMMUNITY AGAINST THE DISEASE MUST BE MAINTAINED, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

TEMPORARY WATER CUT

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A NUMBER OF PREMISES IN YAUMATI WILL BE WITHOUT WATER FOR FIVE HOURS AS FROM 1 A.M. ON SATURDAY (APRIL 19) WHEN WATERWORKS STAFF WILL BE CONDUCTING A TEST FOR LEAKAGE IN THE AREA.

AFFECTED WILL BE PREMISES BOUND BY DUNDAS STREET, SHANGHAI STREET, WATERLOO ROAD AND THE SEA-FRONT.