Nine fresh polio cases in UP; total cases go up to 16

With the detection of nine fresh cases, the total number of persons affected by polio has gone up to 16 in Uttar Pradesh. While six cases have been detected in the Ghaziabad district, three cases were reported in Muzaffarnagar district, giving a setback to the ongoing vaccination drive in the state.

Ghazibad District Magistrate Ajay Kumar Shukla told PTI that P3 virus was found in the affected kids and government medical staff here have been directed to administer anti-P3 virus drops to children in the next Polio-day campaign next month. "The six cases have been reported from a particular minority community and we are going to take the help of NGOs to educate them about polio and the need for its prevention," Shukla said. According to district polio vaccination programme incharge of Muzaffarnagar Dr VK Johri, the new three cases in the district were reported from Kandala and Jalalabad areas. According to officials, two cases were reported each from Bareilly and Moradabad.
source:www.hindu.com