Ghana Declares Public Health Emergency After Detection of Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus in Koforidua
The Ministry of Health has declared a public health emergency. This came following the discovery of a circulating Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in Koforidua, Eastern Region. The virus was detected in an environmental sample during routine polio surveillance by the Polio Laboratory at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), a World Health …