Clear doubts on efficacy and safety of new polio vaccine

The ‘strange’ symptoms include skin rashes, staggering gait and convulsions. [File, Standard]

Reports of unexpected symptoms in hundreds of children vaccinated in the just-concluded anti-polio campaign are startling, to say the least.

The ‘strange’ symptoms include skin rashes, staggering gait and convulsions. While the claims may be not be backed by medical prudence, Kenyans have every reason to be worried.