Enugu Lauds FG On New Polio Vaccine.

Byline: Ikechukwu Nnochiri and Chinyere Amalu

Enugu State Commissioner for Health, Dr Uche Uzochukwu has applauded the introduction of the new bivalent Oral Polio Vaccine, OPV, in the ongoing first round National Immunization Plus Days, NIPDS, in the state, noting that it was the only way of ensuring that children below five years of age are properly immunized against the deadly type 1 and type 2 wild poliovirus cases recently discovered in the country.

The wild polio virus according to medical experts is tenacious and could …