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Polio vaccination was safe, Health Ministry assures

A four-year-old child being given the polio vaccine in Kisumu in 2017. The Ministry of Health has said the jab is safe. [File, Standard]

The Ministry of Health on Saturday dismissed reports that two children developed complications from a polio vaccine.

The reports on social media said two children from Nairobi and Kiambu had skin lesions following the concluded polio campaign.

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