Three extra wild poliovirus kind 1 (WPV1) instances have been reported from Afghanistan, all in Kandahar, elevating the nation’s whole for the 12 months to 9, the World Polio Eradication Initiative mentioned in its newest weekly replace. The brand new instances put the nation over its whole for 2023, which was six.
Afghanistan is among the many few international locations the place WPV1 remains to be endemic. Final week Pakistan, which additionally continues to battle the virus, reported extra instances, additionally topping its quantity for the earlier 12 months. The nation reported eight new WPV1 environmental detections this week.
Extra vaccine-derived instances in Africa, Yemen
Elsewhere, six international locations—largely in Africa—reported extra polio instances involving two totally different vaccine-derived varieties. Angola reported two circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus kind 2 (cVDPV2) instances in two provinces, bringing its whole for the 12 months to 5.
Chad reported another case, lifting its whole for 2024 to 5. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) reported two extra cVDPV2 instances, in addition to its fifth an infection involving circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus kind 1 (cVDPV1).
Guinea reported its fourth cVDPV2 case of the 12 months, and Mozambique reported its first cVDPV1 case of 2024. Within the Center East, Yemen reported 6 extra cVDPV2 instances, 5 in Alhudaidah and 1 in Saadah, boosting its whole to 21.
