Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
India polio free? Result in 2 days
Feb 23, 2012 - TEENA THACKER | Age Correspondent | New Delhi
In two more days, it will be clear whether India is off the WHO polio endemic list. Last 70 samples are now being tested by the health ministry laboratories. If all samples are negative, India will be off the list.
So far, it?s been a year India has not reported any polio case. If all goes well, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to announce India being off the polio endemic list on Friday in the polio summit being organised by the ministry of health.
Officials in the health ministry are confident as more than 95 per cent samples have already been tested negative for the deadly virus. ?There is a rare chance of reporting a positive case.
A very small number of samples is left in the laboratories compared to the cases examined so far. Next two days are crucial as hopefully we will be able to get all the samples tested by then,? sources said.
If all the samples turn out to be negative, it will also be an indication that India has stopped indigenous transmission.
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http://www.asianage.com/india/india-polio-free-result-2-days-928
Feb 23, 2012 - TEENA THACKER | Age Correspondent | New Delhi
In two more days, it will be clear whether India is off the WHO polio endemic list. Last 70 samples are now being tested by the health ministry laboratories. If all samples are negative, India will be off the list.
So far, it?s been a year India has not reported any polio case. If all goes well, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to announce India being off the polio endemic list on Friday in the polio summit being organised by the ministry of health.
Officials in the health ministry are confident as more than 95 per cent samples have already been tested negative for the deadly virus. ?There is a rare chance of reporting a positive case.
A very small number of samples is left in the laboratories compared to the cases examined so far. Next two days are crucial as hopefully we will be able to get all the samples tested by then,? sources said.
If all the samples turn out to be negative, it will also be an indication that India has stopped indigenous transmission.
...
http://www.asianage.com/india/india-polio-free-result-2-days-928