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Concerns as polio variant hits 13 states, FCT
Medical experts say the outbreak is a public health concern and warned that it is a threat to Nigeria’s wild polio virus-free status..
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Thu Jul 08 2021
There are growing concerns over the outbreak of Vaccine Derived Poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in 13 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The virus is contracted as a result of many factors, including refusing to take the shots or not completing polio vaccines.
While the Wild Polio Virus (WPV) is the most common form of poliovirus, circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus or cVDPV is another form of polio that can spread within communities which Nigeria is currently experiencing.
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Barely one year after Nigeria was certified Wild Polio Virus (WPV) free, the government has alerted on the outbreak of Circulating Vaccine-derived Poliovirus Type 2 (cVDPV2) in 13 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
It therefore stressed the need for the country to jealously guard its WPV-free status and stop the cVDPV2 transmission in communities. It also announced the formal closure of the Phase 1 COVID-19 vaccination rollout.
Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib, who stated this at the second quarter meeting of the Northern Traditional Leaders Committee on Primary Healthcare Delivery (NTLC), yesterday, in Abuja, disclosed that there are cVDPV2 outbreaks in FCT, Jigawa, Kano, Kebbi, Lagos, Niger, Rivers, Sokoto, Yobe, Zamfara Abia, Bayelsa, Borno and Delta States, noting that the ag
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