Kwara Records Two Cases of Circulating Variant Polio Viruses
The Kwara State Government has confirmed that two cases of Circulating Variant Polio Viruses (CVDPs) have been recorded in the state, as reported by Pulse.
According to Dr Nusirat Elelu, the Executive Secretary of the Kwara State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, the cases were detected in Idofian Ward 2 and Kpada Ward in Patigi Ifelodun local government areas.
Dr Elelu disclosed this information during a meeting of the State Task Force on Immunisation on Monday in Ilorin. She also stated that the patients had been isolated to prevent further transmission of the virus.
She explained that one of the viruses was classified as an orphan virus, noting that “this has placed Kwara among high-risk areas. An orphan virus is a virus that is not associated with a disease but may possess pathogenicity.''
According to her, two rounds of targeted Local Response Immunisation were conducted as an outbreak response. She explained that “the agency has introduced Human Papilloma Virus Vaccine into Kwara Routine Immunisation Schedule, with Kwara coming tops among implementing states.
“We conducted zero-dose mapping to track immunised and partially immunised children to ramp up coverage of antigen and a total of 17,878 children were vaccinated in three days.”
Elelu stated that non-compliance during the immunisation among some migrants hindered the effectiveness of the exercise in some areas of the state. She called on local government chairmen to be committed to the immunisation exercise at their various local government areas, saying that their support would complement the state government's efforts.
The Deputy Governor, Kayode Alabi, reaffirmed their commitment to strengthen routine immunisation and vaccine-preventable diseases in Kwara, adding that the “government will not relent in its efforts to reduce the scourge of deadly diseases among children.”
News Agency Of Nigeria
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Yusuf Zulu-Gambari Umar Bayo Abdulwahab Abdulwaheed Musa Isapa Mukhtar Shagaya Abdulganiyu Salahudeen Dunmade Yakubu Gobir Otuka Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board Student Learning Support Helpline Rebecca Olanrewaju BECE Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi Isin Abubakar Suleiman Simeon Sule Ajibola Oyawoye Ajibola Saliu Ajia Adaramaja Sarah Jubril Ajuloopin Tanke Flyover Bridge Dan-Kazeem Bamidele Adegoke Raliat AbdulRazaq Abdulrazaq Magaji Moro Orisa Bridge Adebara Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq Henry Olaosebikan Folorunsho Erubu Tanke Kwara Liberation Group Old Oyo Senate Galland Marcias Emir Of Lafiagi Lanre Jimoh Salihu S. Yaru TVC Female National Debate Matthew Okedare Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen Rafiu Ibrahim Joseph Alex Offorjama Gobirawa Babaloja-General Forgo Battery Bola Olukoju TESCOM 2025 Hussein Olokooba Earlyon Technologies Gbenga Adebayo Babs Iwarere Gani Saadu Ibrahim Labaika Ishaq Oloyede Joshua Adeyemi Adimula Kola Adesina Rebecca Bake Musibau Akanji Olokoba Sulyman Alliance For Democracy Iponrin Ileloke Young Progressives Party Salihu Yahaya Bashir Adigun CBT Oko-Erin Shao Tayo Awodiji Oko Iqra Books Sheriff Shagaya Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies

