Vaccine-Derived Polio Found In Hyderabad Sewage Is An Outcome Of India’s immunisation Strategy

By NEWSCOP | INNLIVE

Public health experts expect to find vaccine-derived polio virus in the environment for at least the next year.

On Wednesday, Telangana health authorities announced a polio vaccination drive because a strain of polio had been found in the Amberpet Nala in Hyderabad. The announcement triggered alarm that polio had resurfaced in India, a country that the World Health Organisation had declared polio-free in 2012. However, the presence of vaccine-derived polio viruses is expected in sewage systems across the country for at least the next six to 12 months, say public health experts, reiterating the government’s position that there is no cause for alarm.