CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Only two polio-endemic countries (nations that have never interrupted the transmission of wild poliovirus ) remain-Afghanistan and Pakistan. Without our polio eradication efforts, more than 20 million people who are currently healthy would have been paralyzed by the virus.

Detailed explanation-2: -Afghanistan and Pakistan are the only countries where wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) remains endemic. What is added by this report? Two WPV1 cases had been reported in 2022 as of September 30, compared with one case during the same period in 2021.

Detailed explanation-3: -Pakistan is one of two countries (including Afghanistan) where wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) transmission has never been interrupted. What is added by this report? WPV1 cases in Pakistan decreased from 147 in 2019 and 84 in 2020 to a single case in 2021 but increased to 14 cases in 2022 as of July 31.

Detailed explanation-4: -Polio this week in Afghanistan There are two cases in 2022. Two WPV1 positive environmental samples were reported in Nangarhar.

Detailed explanation-5: -At present, only 2 countries worldwide remain with indigenous transmission of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) – Afghanistan and Pakistan. In Afghanistan, in 2022, the WPV1 has left 2 children paralyzed, whereas in Pakistan, 20 children have been affected this year.