The vaccine, typically given as 3 doses, was developed by China and hadn't previously been used in outbreak settings.

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The search to find a vaccine to prevent polio took many years and countless experiments before the disease was eventually eradicated in the United States.

The search to find a vaccine to prevent polio took many years and countless experiments before the disease was eventually eradicated in the United States.

Polio is a highly viral infectious disease that poses a life-threating risk to young children, often leading to paralysis and death, and children who are not fully immunised are especially vulnerable.