Israel’s children will not be inoculated with anti-polio vaccine this year because of the embargo on the shipment of vaccine from the United States, a Ministry of Health spokesman said today Since there is no hope that the vaccine will arrive in time for this season, he said, the entire program will be delayed until next February.
Meanwhile, Israel scientists are attempting to manufacture anti-polio vaccine according to the formula discovered by Dr. J mas Salk. However, most experts in Israel, while of the opinion that Israel has the technical facilities to produce the vaccine, believe that it would be much cheaper to import it.
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