16 polio cases in PH recorded

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 05:21:17 +0000

By BETHEENA KAE UNITE

Sixteen polio cases have been recorded by the Department of Health.

Four new cases were confirmed by the DoH Thursday, more than three months after a polio outbreak was declared in the country, to bring the total number of cases to 16.

The disease, according to the Research Institute of Tropical Medicine in Muntinlupa City, was found in two- and three-year-old boys in Maguindanao, a two-year-old boy in Sultan Kudarat, and a three-year old boy in Quezon City.

Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said they manifested fever, diarrhea, muscle pain, asymmetric ascending paralysis, and weakness of extremities.

The four new cases were reported after the Health department announced the extension of the synchronized oral polio vaccination in Metro Manila and all regions of Mindanao from Ja
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