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India Beats Deadly Virus - Polio
As informed by World Health Organization (WHO), India which was once regarded as the world's epicenter for polio will become free of the disease for the first time in its history, reducing the number of polio-endemic countries to three: Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria. Union health minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad was quoted saying "We need to ensure no case of polio infection for the next three consecutive years for India to celebrate eradication of poliomyelitis," as reported by TOI.
It was also noted that the Indian strain of wild polio virus is imported by several other countries like Angola, Bangladesh, Lebanon, Namibia and Tajikistan. India hence, has increased surveillance against polio along the Line of Control (LOC), bordering Pakistan. Vaccination booths have also been set up at Chakdabagh (Poonch) and Kaman (Baramulla) in Jammu and Kashmir, Munabao railway station in Barmer district of Rajasthan and at Wagah border and Attari railway station in Punjab to administer polio drops to all children below 5 years coming in from Pakistan. The Union health ministry said that "India exported poliovirus to other countries in the past and is now at risk of poliovirus import into the country through the same route."
