Mumbai: Uttar Pradesh and Bihar have registered a turn—around in polio incidence, with not a single Wild Polio Virus Type III case reported in the last one year, say a body of scientists.
Uttar Pradesh has also not reported any case of Wild Polio Virus Type I for the past 15 months.
Bihar has not reported any case of Wild Polio Virus Type III for the last 15 months, and of Type I since September 2010.
“So both the States have done exceedingly well towards polio eradication,” scientists at the Enterovirus Research Centre (EVRC) of Indian Council for Medical Research here said.
But the country has to remain cautious in the lead—up to the high transmission season during the monsoon, said Deepak Kapur, Chairman, India National Polioplus Committee of Rotary International.
“We have reached the best situation in the eradication of poliomyelitis programme and it is important to be cautiously optimistic ,” he said.- PTI
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