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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