POLIO AGAIN IN INDIA- FOUND IN TELANGANA

A global emergency was sounded by the Telangana government following the finding of an active strain of wild polio virus(P2 strain) in water that was collected from a drain. This prompted the government to lift two lakh vaccines from Geneva so that over 3 lakh children in Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy district could be inoculated from Wednesday as a preventive measure.



In Hyderabad, the strain was discovered in water sample taken from the Amberpet sewerage treatment plant on the 17th of May. The sample was among 30 samples collected from different places in the city, as part of a routine surveillance.

The Vaccine Derived Polio Virus(VDPV) which hasn’t been observed in India for over five years now resurfaces not just in the subcontinent. Reports are coming from neighbouring nations and West Asia as well.

The event has prompted the government to make a decision to conduct a special campaign against Polio in parts of Ranga Reddy and Hyderabad from June 20 to June 26. The same strain was also previously detected in Gujarat, UP, Delhi and Bihar.