India announced on Friday that it was extending till February 14, a deadline after which it would be mandatory for all travellers from Pakistan to carry polio vaccination certificates .
According to a statement released by the Indian High Commission in Islamabad on Friday, it said that all persons – adults and children – traveling to India from Pakistan are required to obtain an Oral Polio Vaccination (OPV) certification at least six weeks prior to their departure to India, but not more than one year before such departure.
The previous deadline was January 30, 2014.
Travellers from Pakistan, even Indian nationals on visit to Pakistan, would be required to carry their vaccination record as evidence of polio vaccination upon entry into India.
Record for administering OPV can be obtained from an authorised medical centre in the format laid out in the World Health Organisation’s International Health Regulations 2005 International Certification of Vaccination. The format of the certificate required is also available on the website of the High Commission of India.
