Polio this week

Headlines

  • Circulating variant type 2 poliovirus (cVDPV) was confirmed in the Gaza Strip. Virus was isolated from six environmental (sewage) samples, collected from two different collection sites in two sub-regions within Gaza, collected on 23 June 2024. Read more…

Summary of new poliovirus this week

  • Pakistan: one WPV1 case and nine positive environmental samples
  • Angola:  two cVDPV2-positive environmental samples
  • DRC: one cVDPV2 case
  • Ethiopia: five cVDPV2 cases and one positive environmental sample
  • Somalia : one cVDPV2 case
  • South Sudan: one cVDPV2-positive environmental sample
  • Yemen : 11 cVDPV2 cases

Country updates as of 24 July 2024

  • No WPV1 cases were reported this week. There are nine cases reported this year and six cases reported in 2023.
  • No WPV1-positive environmental samples were reported this week.
  • One WPV1 case was reported in Balochistan. There are nine cases reported this year and six cases reported in 2023.
  • Nine WPV1-positive environmental samples were reported; three from Balochistan, four from Sindh and one each from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab.
  • No cVDPV2 cases were reported this week. There were three cases reported in 2022.
  • No cVDPV2-positive environmental sample was reported this week.
  • No cVDPV2 cases were reported this week. There are five cases reported this year.
  • Two cVDPV2-positive environmental samples were reported; one each from Lunda Norte and Benguela.
  • No cVDPV2 case was reported this week. There were 3 cases reported in 2023 and one in 2024.
  • No cVDPV2-positive environmental sample was reported this week.
  • No cVDPV2 positive environmental samples were reported this week.
  • No cVDPV2 cases were reported this week. The number of 2023 cases remains three.
  • No cVDPV2-positive environmental samples were reported this week.
  • No cVDPV2 cases were reported this week. There was one case reported in 2023 and one in 2022.
  • No cVDPV2 cases were reported this week.
  • No cVDPV2-positive environmental samples were reported this week.
  • No cVDPV2 cases were reported this week. There have been 14 cases reported in 2023 and six cases in 2022.
  • No cVDPV2 cases were reported this week. There are five cases reported this year and 55 cases reported in 2023.
  • No cVDPV2-positive environmental samples were reported this week.
  • No cVDPV2 case was reported this week. There were 6 cases reported in 2023.
  • There are no polio cases reported in the country.
  • No cVDPV2-positive environmental samples were reported this week.  
  • No cVDPV1 case was reported this week. There are five cases reported this year and 106 cases in 2023.
  • One cVDPV2 case was reported in Maindombe. There are six cases reported this year and 118 cases in 2023.
  • No cVDPV2-positive environmental samples were reported this week.
  • There are no polio cases reported in the country.
  • No cVDPV2-positive environmental sample was reported this week.
  • No cVDPV2 cases were reported this week. There was one case reported in 2022.
  • Five cVDPV2 cases were reported; one each in Gambella, Afar and Addis Ababa and two in Amhara. There are 11 cases reported this year.
  • One cVDPV2 positive environmental sample was reported in Addis Ababa.
  • No cVDPV2-positive environmental sample was reported this week.
  • No cVDPV2-positive environmental sample was reported this week.
  • No cVDPV2 cases were reported this week. There were three cases reported in 2022.
  • No cVDPV2-positive environmental sample was reported this week.
  • No cVDPV2 cases were reported this week. There are four cases reported this year. The number of 2023 cases remain 47.
  • No cVDPV2 cases were reported this week. There are four cases reported this year. The total number of 2023 cases remain 6.
  • No cVDPV2-positive environmental sample was reported this week.
  • No cVDPV2 cases were reported this week. There were eight cases reported last year.
  • No cVDPV2-positive environmental sample was reported this week.
  • No cVDPV2-positive environmental sample was reported this week.
  • No cVDPV1 cases were reported this week. There were 24 cases reported last year.
  • No cVDPV1-positive environmental samples were reported this week.
  • No cVDPV1 cases were reported this week. There were four cases reported in the country in 2022.
  • No cVDPV2 cases were reported this week. There have been 15 cases reported in 2023 and one in 2024.
  • No cVDPV2 cases were reported this week. There was one case reported in 2023.
  • No cVDPV2-positive environmental sample was reported this week.
  • No cVDPV1 case was reported this week. There is one case reported this year. The number of 2023 cases remain four.
  • No cVDPV2 case was reported this week. There was one case reported in 2023.
  • No cVDPV2 case was reported this week. There are three cases reported this year.
  • No cVDPV2-positive environmental sample was reported this week.
  • No cVDPV2 case was reported this week. There are 31 cases reported this year and 87 cases reported in 2023.
  • No cVDPV2-positive environmental sample was reported this week.
  • No cVDPV2-positive environmental sample was reported this week.
  • No cVDPV2-positive environmental sample was reported this week.
  • One cVDPV2 case was reported in Gedo. There have been three cases reported this year and eight cases reported in 2023.
  • No cVDPV2-positive environmental sample was reported this week.
  • No cVDPV2 cases were reported this week. There are six cases reported this year.
  • One cVDPV2-positive environmental sample was reported in Central Equatoria.
  • No cVDPV2 cases were reported this week. There was one case reported in 2022.
  • No cVDPV2-positive environmental samples were reported this week.
  • No cVDPV2 cases were reported this week. The total number of cases for 2023 remains two.
  • No cVDPV2-positive environmental samples were reported this week.
  • 11 cVDPV2 cases were reported; four each in Alhudaidah and Amran, and one each in Albaidah, Taiz and Dhamar. There are 32 cases reported this year.
  • No cVDPV2-positive environmental samples were reported this week.
  • No cVDPV2 cases were reported this week. There was one case reported last year.
  • No cVDPV2 cases were reported this week. There was one case reported in 2023.
  • No cVDPV2-positive environmental samples were reported this week.

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