Nigeria, April 30 -- The Anambra State Government announced on Tuesday that it is commencing the first round of National Immunisation Plus Days (NIPDs) against circulating Polio Virus Type 2 (CVPV2) infection on May 3.

The exercise is scheduled to last until Tuesday, 6th May 2025.

This was revealed by Pharmacist Chisom Uchem, the Executive Secretary of the Anambra State Primary Health Care Development Agency (ASPHCDA), during a meeting of health stakeholders in Awka.

Uchem, who was represented by Dr. Ngozi Okeke, Director of Community Health Services, ASPHCDA, said that children between 0 and 59 months would be immunized with the Novel Oral Polio Vaccine (NOPV).

She described the NOPV as a vaccine that immunes children against poliomy...