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No polio case detected in Manipur
Nagaland Post | Imphal, Feb 19
Though no new case of polio detected, Manipur being a border state still needed pulse polio immunization as the disease was prevailing in the neighbouring countries, said the director of Manipur family welfare department Dr L Joykumar Sunday.
Though the present law and order situation in the state and the difficult remains in the hill districts has been a hurdle to the implementation of the programme, the goal of polio eradications with certification was successful in the state.
No virologically confirmed polio case has been reported for the last 10 years in Manipur. As such the state was on the verge of polio eradication, he said maintaining that like in other states of the country, pulse polio immunization programme is being implementing in the state since 1995.
However, the director asserted, polio still prevalent in countries like Pakistan, China and Myanmar, the neighbours of India and as Manipur is bordering with Myanmar and close to China, there is still the need for taking up preventive measures.
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