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State of Health One child dies, six hospitalised after polio drops in Bihar
27 Jun 2015, 08:56 am Print
Patna, June 28 (JEN) At least one child died on Saturday while six others were hospitalised after being administered with polio drops in Bihar's Vaishali district of Bihar.
Reports said it is yet to be known if the cause of the death was polio drops or any other infection.
India was declared polio free by World Health Organsiation(WHO) in the year 2014 after it saw no case being registered for continuous three years.
More details are awaited.
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