By NewsDesk @bactiman63
In a follow-up on the polio situation in Ukraine, Ukrainian health officials report a polio case in a 12-year-old child from Transcarpathia.
Health officials report during the epidemiological surveillance of cases of acute flaccid paralysis in Transcarpathia, a child suspected of polio was identified. Samples of biomaterials were sent to the reference laboratory of the World Health Organization in Helsinki, where they confirmed the infection with type 1 poliovirus. The infected child was not vaccinated. She is now in need of rehabilitation and rehabilitation and is under medical supervision.
According to the results of the detection of this case, an epidemiological investigation was conducted. No people the child were found to be infected with the poliovirus. They emphasize that the case of poliovirus infection detected in Ukraine earlier are not related.
The last time a polio case was reported in Transcarpathia was in 2015.
Subscribe to Outbreak News TV on YouTube
The only way to protect a child from polio is vaccination. According to the National Vaccination Calendar , children are vaccinated against polio at 2, 4, 6, 18 months, 6 years and 14 years. Six doses of the vaccine are enough to form lifelong immunity.
Vaccinations can be given in public clinics free of charge. All regions are provided with high- quality effective vaccines in sufficient quantities. Despite that, the level of coverage of polio vaccinations remains insufficient.
- Idaho reports 1st human rabies case/death in over 40 years
- Bangladesh: Dengue death count rises to 95
- Finland says long-term residents or returnees from Ukraine may need a polio booster vaccine
- Ivermectin does not reduce risk of severe illness from COVID-19: Malaysia study
- Japan syphilis cases top 6,000 again
- Pakistan: Punjab dengue tally tops 14K
- India Newswire: Zika in Kanpur, UP; Dengue in Lucknow, Foot-and-mouth-disease in Ladakh
- Philippines: The percentage of Delta variants detected rise from 4.9 in June to 99.8 in October
