About 90 thousand children under the age of 6 years were vaccinated in the self-proclaimed Donetsk people's Republic during the first round of tractorului supplementary immunization against polio, said the press service of the Ministry of health DND.

Additional truhtanova polio immunization of children aged from 3 months to 6 years started in DND November 10. Conclusion on its holding was taken After the registration of polio cases in Western Ukraine. As was stated by the head of the Ministry of health of the Republic Victor Cuckboy, the DNI vaccine provided 100%. It was planned to vaccinate 120 million children.

"Vaccine has been 89976 children, which amounted to 95, 97% of the total number of children of a given age, subject to immunization. Medatada (inability vaccination for medical reasons - ed.) were recorded at 2655 children, and the refusal of immunization for a variety of reasons were written by the parents 1119 children ", - is informed in the report of the Ministry of health DND.

next round of polio immunization, according to the Ministry, within the Republic will be held from 7 to 16 December.

at rallies in early April last year the residents of Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine, do not recognise the legitimacy of the February coup, announced the development of " people's republics ". After held in may referendum the Republic declared its sovereignty, put together their own authorities. 2 November in DND and LNR elections of heads of republics and deputies of parliaments.

Kiev DND and LNR not recognize. The Ukrainian authorities in April of last year began military action against the republics. According to the final data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 8 thousand people.

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