BREAKING: Polio resurfaces in Adamawa, one case detected - Punch Newspapers

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The Adamawa Government has confirmed the reemergence and detection of Circulating Vaccine Derived Poliovirus type 2 case in the state.

Isa described Vaccine Derived Poliovirus type 2 as a strain of the weakened Poliovirus that was initially included in Oral Polio Vaccine that has changed over time and behaves more like the wild or naturally occurring virus. “One case of Circulating Vaccine Derived Poliovirus type 2 has been detected in the state. The situation is posing a great danger of polio virus outbreak in the state.

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