WILD POLIO VIRUS - I’m happy to say that there were no new cases of
the wild polio virus last week in either Afghanistan nor Pakistan.
the wild polio virus last week in either Afghanistan nor Pakistan.
FORTY-EIGHT - The number of days since the last case of
the wild poliovirus Type 1 (WPV1) occurred in Afghanistan.
THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX - The number of days since the last
case of the wild poliovirus Type 1 (WPV1) occurred in Pakistan.
FIVE - The total number of cases of the wild poliovirus Type 1 (WPV1) that
have occurred worldwide since January 1st, 4 in Afghanistan and 1 in
Pakistan.
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE - The number of cases of
the wild poliovirus Type 1 (WPV1) that occurred in 2020 on this date.
Although there were no new cases of wild polio, there were 2 cases of wild
Positive Environmental Samples reported in Pakistan last week. So the
count of wild Positive Environmental Samples are now at 66, 65 in
Pakistan and 1 in Afghanistan since January 1st, with the last positive
sample discovered in Pakistan on December 6th.