Polio this week as of 17 January 2024

Reliefweb
Jan 18, 2024

Polio this week as of 17 January 2024


Summary of new polioviruses this week, cases and positive environmental isolates:

Afghanistan: seven wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1)-positive environmental samples

Pakistan: three WPV1-positive environmental samples Chad: one cVDPV2 case Côte d'Ivoire: one cVDPV2 case and one positive environmental sample

DR Congo: four cVDPV1 cases and one cVDPV2 case

Mozambique: one cVDPV1 case Nigeria: six cVDPV2 cases

South Sudan: one cVDPV2 case

Zimbabwe:six cVDPV2-positive environmental samples