The Polio Good News: Last week, we just received notice that the Emergency early use license for the new Novel Type 2 Oral Polio Vaccine has been approved. The new vaccine will be launched soon and we believe it will greatly assist in the fight against the Circulating Vaccine Type 2 Derived Polio outbreaks when it is widely distributed!
Now that we are down to the final two Wild Polio Endemic countries, I will be listing the 16 reasons we need to End Polio in Pakistan (from Dawn.com): # 13., According to some studies, Polio survivors often suffer from psychological trauma due to their sudden trauma.
2020 Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Cases - 749 : Afghanistan - 160 (0 in 2019), ,Angola - 3 (129 in 2019),Benin - 1 (8 in 2019), Burkina Faso - 49 (1 in 2019), Cameroon - 7 (0 in 2019), CAR - 3 (21 in 2019),Chad - 80 ((10 in 2019),China - 0 (1 In 2019), Congo - 1, Cote d' Ivoire - 68 (0 in 2019),DRC - 63 (86 in 2019),Ethiopia - 21 (11 in 2019),Ghana - 11 (18 in 2019), Guinea - 29 (0 in 2019), Mali - 26, Malaysia - 1 (3 in 2019), Myanmar - 0 (6 in 2019), Pakistan - 104 (22 in 2019), Papua New Guinea - 0 (0 in 2019). Niger - 8 (1 in 2019),Nigeria - 4 (18 in 2019) Philippines - 1 (16 in 2019), Somalia - 28 (3 in 2019), South Sudan - 22 (0 in 2019), Sudan - 46, Yemen - 19, Togo - 9 (8 in 2019),Zambia - 0 (2 in 2019), 361 Vaccine Derived Polio cases were reported in 2019.
Quote of the Day - "Be well, do good work, and keep in touch." - Garrison KeillorThe Final Two Polio Endemic Countries:
- Pakistan No new Polio cases reported this week. Eighty-one Polio cases reported in 2020. The most recent case had an onset of paralysis on 10/16/20. Pakistan reported 147 Wild Polio cases in 2019. Two Polio-Positive Environmental Samples were reported this week in Pakistan.
- Afghanistan Two new Polio cases reported this past week. Fifty-six Polio cases reported in 2020 The most recent case had an onset of paralysis on 10/02/20. Afghanistan reported twenty-nine Wild Polio cases in 2019. No Polio-Positive Environmental Sample were reported this week in Afghanistan.