The Federal government has said that there is no case of polio virus
disease in Cross Rivers state as investigations carried out so far, have
shown that the suspected case is actually untrue.
There have been speculations that the disease has surfaced in the state
after a toddler at Ekpene-Eki community of Odukpani local government
area of Cross Rivers state was noticed with a deformed leg presumed to
be a characteristic of the viral disease(read here)
Speaking
to Channels TV yesterday, the Incident Manager of the National Polio
Emergency Operation Centre, Dr. Usman Adamu, said the suspected polio
case has been clinically diagnosed to be a deformity known as club foot.
According to Adamu, the first polio diagnosis process revealed that the
child’s leg was not flaccid as is the case of most polio disease
patients.
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