Tuesday, 6 September 2016

World Health Organization Confirms Third Case of Polio in Nigeria


 
The World Health Organization has confirmed a third case of polio in Nigeria.
 
 Rotary Club was qquoted as saying on Monday that a crippled toddler was found in an area newly liberated from Boko Haram Islamic extremists.

Nigeria that was once seen as the epicenter of the wild polio virus was declared polio-free last year, along with the African continent. 
 
But two cases were discovered last month among refugees from areas recently won back by Nigeria's military from Boko Haram.

But
Rotary Club's field coordinator, Aminu Muhammad, told The Associated Press that the new case was found in Monguno local government area. 
 
The others were further south in Jere and Gwoza,all  in northern Borno state.

Rotary is part of a new emergency immunization drive that vaccinated more than 1.5 million children last week in Borno, where WHO has said the virus has been circulating undetected for five years and where Boko Haram began its Islamic uprising in 2009.


The campaign is to spread across the country, with a plan to reach 25 million children before the end of the year.


But the U.N. Children's Fund has warned that about 1 million children are in areas too dangerous to access.

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