Bauchi is Polio free: Govt discredit rumors of Resurfacing Wild Polio Virus
Bauchi State Govt discredit rumors of Resurfacing Wild Polio Virus, says Bauchi is Polio free.
By Bashir Hassan Abubakar
Against the background of some news stories making rounds in some National Dailies insinuating resurfacing of Wild Polio Virus (WPV) in Bauchi State, the State Government has debunked such claims, describing it as “Misrepresentation of Information”.
Addressing Journalists in his office Monday evening, the Executive Chairman of Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency (BSPHCDA) Dr. Rilwanu Mohammed said that there has not been any case of Wild Polio Various in any part of the state since 2013.
He said that what BSPHCDA detected was 38 cases of Circulating Vaccine-Derived Polio Viruses out of the 315 samples collected from J...