To prevent new cases and return Nigeria to its polio-free status, which was recorded for two years, the Acting Executive-Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Emmanuel Odu, has announced the planned vaccination of 13 million children against the diseases in the northern region and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
After 24 months of not recording a case of the polio virus in the country, three children were confirmed to have been paralysed by the disease in Borno State. The cases were traced to Gwoza, Jere and Monguno Local Government Areas, once controlled by Boko Haram. Speaking at a media parley over the weekend, Odu explained that the new cases of paralysis caused by polio was recorded among children from liberated areas in Borno State, which were worst hit by the insurgency.
He said in response to the latest development, polio response immunisation rounds, which are the second phase, would be conducted in the FCT and 18 states in the northern region this month to prevent new infections and to strengthen the immunity of children under five years, who have been vaccinated at different times in the year.
By: Kemi Yesufu, Abuja
The Sun News
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