17 cases of poliovirus variant recorded 15 LGAs - NPHCDA

The National Primary Health Care Department Agency, NPHCDA, says a total of 17 circulating variant poliovirus type 2(cVPV2), cases have been recorded across 15 local government areas in eight states, this year.

Dr Muyi Aina, the Executive Director of the agency, made the disclosure in Abuja during the agency’s first quarter media briefing.

While Nigeria was declared Wild Polio Virus (WPV) free in 2020, he explained that it has since 2021, been contending with the challenge of the cVPV2 – another form of the virus that has mutated over time and started spreading.

Aina said, “12 of the 17 cases are Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) cases, while five were found in Environmental Sites (ES).”

He said...
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