Gambia Declares Poliovirus Outbreak
By SHERIFF SAIDYKHAN
The Gambia government through the Ministry of Health has declared the outbreak of Poliovirus in the country.
The ministry expressed concern and informed the populace that the country has experienced another outbreak of a new strain of Poliovirus, cVDPV from the environmental surveillance site located at Banjul in a recent press release.
According to the release, three environmental samples collected from Tallinding Daru Salam, Kotu Agua Gambia and Banjul were sent for sequencing to the Regional Polio Laboratory in the Republic of Senegal.
“We received the results in May 2024 and the sample collected from the Banjul site was positive for cVDPV 2,” the release added.
It stated that the results showed that the virus is genetically linked to the virus currently circulating in Guinea Conakry.
The Ministry further called for the support of the general public to respond to the outbreak.
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