At least 2.6 million were inoculated in the just-ended polio vaccination campaign. “We remain at high risk of imported polio infections due to challenges of vaccination in neighbouring countries,” he said. Six cases of mutated poliovirus were detected in Garrisa and Mombasa last December and in January. Their stool was tested and found to have the mutated poliovirus. The last case of mutated poliovirus was from a sewage sample collected in Nairobi’s Eastleigh estate in 2018.

Source: The Star May 28, 2021 08:37 UTC