Indian govt sets up polio booths at Wagah
Screening at the Wagah Border will continue for four months, the government said.
NEW DELHI:
The Indian government issued orders to set up screening booths at the Wagah border with Pakistan to administer polio drops to all children up to the age of five entering the country by bus or by foot.
Screening at the Wagah Border will continue for four months, the government said.
India is one of four countries that still has not eradicated polio. One polio case was reported this year from West Bengal. No cases have been reported from traditional hotspots
UP and Bihar .
Indians authorities have been put on alert because of an infectious strain of polio in Pakistan.
This year alone, Pakistan has registered 84 new cases of polio, 83 are of the more dangerous strain.
According to a statement issued by UNICEF, "India is surrounded by countries that still have polio virus transmission. Afghanistan and Pakistan have never stopped the transmission. They currently have upgrades of polio virus and just last week, the virus from Pakistan re-infected China."
The Union Health Ministry has now issued an alarm along the Wagah Border, in Punjab, Indian-held Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat and Rajasthan.
The warning comes after China confirmed that polio re-entered its territory after 10 years. Four infants in China have been infected with the polio virus transmitted from Pakistan, media reports said.
The Indian government issued orders to set up screening booths at the Wagah border with Pakistan to administer polio drops to all children up to the age of five entering the country by bus or by foot.
Screening at the Wagah Border will continue for four months, the government said.
India is one of four countries that still has not eradicated polio. One polio case was reported this year from West Bengal. No cases have been reported from traditional hotspots
UP and Bihar .
Indians authorities have been put on alert because of an infectious strain of polio in Pakistan.
This year alone, Pakistan has registered 84 new cases of polio, 83 are of the more dangerous strain.
According to a statement issued by UNICEF, "India is surrounded by countries that still have polio virus transmission. Afghanistan and Pakistan have never stopped the transmission. They currently have upgrades of polio virus and just last week, the virus from Pakistan re-infected China."
The Union Health Ministry has now issued an alarm along the Wagah Border, in Punjab, Indian-held Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat and Rajasthan.
The warning comes after China confirmed that polio re-entered its territory after 10 years. Four infants in China have been infected with the polio virus transmitted from Pakistan, media reports said.