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February 7, 2003, Friday

FOREIGN DESK

World Briefing | Asia: India: New Antipolio Campaign

By Hari Kumar (NYT)

Health officials will start a widespread vaccination program on Sunday to combat a recent rise in polio cases. Last year more than 1,500 new cases, 85 percent of all new cases worldwide, were detected in India, mostly in the Muslim population of the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. Hari Kumar (NYT)

 

Published: 02 - 07 - 2003 , Late Edition - Final , Section A , Column 2 , Page 6

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