The WHO on Monday slapped international travel restrictions on Pakistan, Cameroon and Syria over the countries’ failure to control the spread of the deadly polio virus, just a month after India did the same.
According to the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) restrictions, it will be mandatory for all residents and long-term visitors (over 4 weeks) from Pakistan, Cameroon and Syria to receive a dose of Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) or Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine (IPV) between four weeks and 12 months prior to international travel.
Recommendations for the travel restrictions were put forward by a 21-member International Health Regulations Emergency Committee which was formed on the directives of WHO board members on Geneva.