WHO: Wild Poliovirus Type 3 eradicated, one strain in transmission

World Health Organisation on October 24 said that wild poliovirus 3 virus has been ericated with only one strain of virus in transmission. WHO categorizes viruses on basis of certain virological differences and erication, though all three s could cause paralysis and death. It was back in 2012 when last case of WPV3 was recorded in Nigeria. Tedros ham Ghebreyesus, WHO chief for an independent panel concluded that required criteria have been met to "verify that this strain is truly gone". 

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s of Poliovirus that persists

As per WHO reports, WPV2 was declared ericated in 2015, but Afghanistan and Pakistan still suffer from WPV1 virus circulation. re was a re-emergence of n-wild forms of polio in Africa and Asia, including Philippines. re-emergence last month caused a mass vaccination campaign in regions.  

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David Salisbury, chair of independent Global Commission for Certification of Poliomyelitis Erication, said in a statement, "We cant stop our efforts w: we must ericate all remaining strains of all polioviruses".

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Rumors on anti-polio vaccines in Pakistan

After receiving a request from Pakistan government’s polio program, Facebook has blocked 31 ps and accounts in Pakistan for allegedly spreing propaganda against vaccine on August 28, as per media reports. rumor spre on social media on basis of death of a one-year-old girl in Swabi province on August 26. Social media posts claimed her cause of death to be due to polio vaccine. Polio cases have been surging in Pakistan this year. Compared to 12 in 2018 and eight in 2017, about 58 cases of polio have been recorded in Pakistan this year. A major chunk of 44 out of total 58 cases lie in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. country remains one of few countries in world where polio has t yet been ericated.

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(With inputs from PTI)