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Free Polio vaccine to all Afghanistan returnees

India has been allowed to operate two flights per day from Kabul to evacuate its nationals stranded in Afghanistan. The permission was granted by American and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces which have been controlling operations of the Hamid Karzai International Airport. Meanwhile, India has decided to vaccinate Afghanistan returnees with free Polio Vaccine - OPV & fIPV, as a preventive measure against Wild Polio Virus. The government has already started polio vaccination at the Delhi airport. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said in a tweet. 

All passengers were seen undergoing an RT-PCR test upon landing.


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