The Adamawa State Ministry of Health has confirmed a new case of polio virus in the state. The commissioner, Prof Abdullahi Isa, confirmed the development
The Adamawa State Ministry of Health has confirmed a new case of polio virus in the state.
The commissioner, Prof Abdullahi Isa, confirmed the development during routine immunisation, yesterday. He said government, with support from WHO and UNICEF, is on top of the situation, as 800 health personnel had, so far, been trained to carry out immunisation for polio vaccination across the 21 LGAs.“One case of Circulating Vaccine Derived Poliovirus type 2 has been detected in the state”.
According to him, Vaccine Derived Poliovirus type 2 is a strain of the weakened poliovirus that was initially included in Oral Polio Vaccine that has changed over time. He pointed out that, the re-emergence of the virus is a setback in the health sector due to possibility of transmission.
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