NewsDesk @bactiman63 In the second case this year, a three-year-old boy has been paralysed by wild poliovirus in Bannu, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. The child had an onset of paralysis on 11 July. The case was...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) has reported circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) cases in Kenya and Tanzania recently. Kenya Two cases of circulating...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Peruvian Government declared a health emergency due to a high risk of poliomyelitis and measles at the national level, Health Minister Rosa Gutierrez announced on last Wednesday. Furthermore,...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Afghanistan Health Ministry reports another wild poliovirus case in Nangarhar province. The patient is a 30-month-old male child from the Nazyan district. This is the third...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the wild poliovirus situation in Afghanistan, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) reports the following: Two wild poliovirus-1 (WPV1) cases were reported...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) reports the first wild poliovirus 1 (WPV1) case of the year in a four-year-old child in Nangarhar province, according to a local media report. MoPH...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Wild poliovirus has been detected in sewage samples from Peshawar and Hangu districts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The virus was found in an environmental sample collected from...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 ESR (Institute of Environmental Science and Research) and Manatū Hauora have this week established routine poliovirus testing in wastewater following a successful three-month pilot. Director...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 On 17 March 2023, the Indonesia Ministry of Health notified WHO of the detection of a circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in a 48-month-old female with acute flaccid...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the polio case in Peru, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) offered more details on the case and timeline: Peru notified the PAHO on March 21 of a confirmed...