The Yobe Authorities has confirmed 4 new circumstances of polio in three Native Authorities Areas three years after the state was declared polio-free.
The Government Secretary of the State Major Healthcare Board, Dr Babagana Kundi-Machina, made this disclosure whereas launching a marketing campaign towards the illness in Machina, a border LGA with Niger Republic, on Saturday.
He stated that the State Authorities, in collaboration with its companions, had launched a state-wide outbreak response and vaccination train to handle the scenario.
“It’s unlucky that after three years of being licensed polio-free, now we have recorded a circulating polio virus outbreak in Bursari, Machina, and Yusufari LGAs,” Kundi-Machina stated.
The State Coordinator of the World Well being Organisation, WHO, Dr Hamisu Alhassan, pledged the organisation’s assist to the state towards curbing the outbreak.
He known as on the general public to undertake preventive measures, together with private and environmental hygiene, hand washing, and immunisation to spice up immunity and promote good well being, particularly amongst girls and youngsters.
On his half, the Emir of Machina, Alhaji Bashir Machinama, urged his individuals to cooperate with the federal government by accepting the vaccine.
Machinama thanked the State Authorities for its immediate response and pledged to sensitise his neighborhood to take related steps to include the illness.
