Polio is a notorious notified disease to paralyse childrens.The Philippines has announced an outbreak of polio in the country. A poliovirus case was confirmed on 16 September 2019 in a 3-year-old girl from Lanao del Sur. Samples from sewage in Manila and waterways in Davao, as part of the regular environmental surveillance, have also been confirmed to contain the virus. The last known case of wild poliovirus recorded in the Philippines was in 1993. The country was declared wild polio-free in 2000.
The polio outbreak in the Philippines is confirmed to be from a circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2. The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed its concern about this as wild poliovirus type 2 was certified as globally eradicated in 2015. India too has been certified Polio free in 2014. The last case of wild poliovirus in the country was reported on 13th January, 2011 from…
