QUETTA:
The Prime Minister’s polio cell, the World Health
Organisation (WHO), and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
confirmed that a newly-found strain of the polio virus is the result of
persistently low Routine Immunisation (RI) coverage in the Pishin and
Qilla Abdullah districts of Balochistan.
The virus has been confirmed in four children in Qilla Abdullah and
one in Pishin, according to a joint statement issued on Thursday.
The release stated that ‘cVDPV (Type 2)’ cases are due to poor
routine immunisation coverage that may cause type 2 poliovirus to mutate
and attain a form that can cause paralysis after passing through
multiple children in environments with substandard sanitation.
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