KIDAPAWAN CITY – Three more cases of poliovirus have been recorded in Mindanao and bringing to 7 the total number of cases in the country, the Department of Health said.
It said samples from 3 cases that were sent to the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine and the National Institute of Infectious Diseases in Japan came out positive for poliovirus.
The first case is a two year-old girl from Maguindanao province; the second is a one year-old boy from Cotabato City and the third is a four year-old girl from North Cotabato. All of them are currently admitted at the Cotabato Regional Medical Center.
The first two cases were unvaccinated with the polio vaccine, while the third received incomplete doses, according to Health Secretary Francisco Duque.
He urged parents and guardians to have their children vaccinated against polio. “It is unacceptable that more children are falling victim to this vaccine-preventable disease,” Duque said.
“We should not be satisfied with our children receiving only 1 or 2 doses of the polio vaccine. Let us ensure that they receive the complete doses of the vaccine to fully protect them from Polio. We are reiterating to all parents and caregivers to have their 0-59 month children immunized with the polio vaccine from November 25 to December 7,” he added. (Rhoderick Beñez)
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