Zamfara govt confirms new cases of polio

The Zamfara State Government has confirmed 4 caller cases of poliomyelitis successful the authorities arsenic wellness authorities intensify vaccination efforts to curb the dispersed of the disease.

The Incident Manager of the Zamfara State Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), Murtala Salaudeen disclosed this during a media briefing.

Salaudeen said the cases were detected successful 2 section authorities areas of the state, with 3 recorded successful Gummi Local Government Area and 1 successful Tsafe Local Government Area.

He explained that the find comes arsenic the authorities begins a caller circular of polio immunisation targeting astir 1.4 cardinal children betwixt March 7 and March 13, 2026.

According to him, the authorities has deployed 1,997 vaccination teams crossed communities to guarantee the occurrence of the run and scope each eligible kid done house-to-house visits.

He added that the teams are besides distributing packs of noodles to children who person the vaccine arsenic portion of strategies to promote information successful the exercise.

Salaudeen noted that Zamfara had recorded 16 cases ...