The Ministry of Health in Zambia has confirmed that poliovirus type 2 was detected from an environmental sample collected in Lusaka District, following routine surveillance conducted in collaboration with local and international health partners.
The Incident Manager for polio response in the Kavango region, Dr. Nguundja Uamburu, has expressed satisfaction with the turnout of the polio vaccination campaign there.
Children under the age of 10 from the Kavango East and West regions are being vaccinated against polio.
The Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) launched a polio vaccination programme in the Kavango East and West regions.
This comes after detection of the virus at a sewerage pond at Rundu's Ndama location.
Polio is a disease caused by the poliovirus.
