The World Health Organisation (WHO) at the weekend disclosed that Nigeria was yet to be certified free from the Polio virus and could record fresh cases any moment if proper measures were not taken.
This warning came barely one year after the WHO announced that polio was no longer endemic in Nigeria, thus leaving Pakistan and Afghanistan as the remaining countries where the virus was still endemic.
The organisation's National Surveillance Officer, Dr. Clement Nwaeke, issued the warning at the launching and official presentation of the anti-polio animated movie/comic book' authored by Mr. Olugbenga Kuye held in Lagos.
Nwaeke said the solution for Nigeria to maintain its current status and achieve more "is for the central government and states to intensify their sensitisation campaign on the need for residents to immunise their children against the virus."
The WHO official warned that the removal of the country's name from the endemic list "does not translate to being free from the virus completely. Nigeria can record another case of polio."
"Nigeria is at a critical stage now. Everyone must work to ensure that the country does not record another case before July 2017. If this happens, the country will be certified Polio free," the WHO official added.
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