Vaccine-derived polio case confirmed in Meghalaya, authorities on high alert

A case of vaccine-derived polio has been confirmed in a two-year-old child from Meghalaya’s Tikrikilla, reported The Hindu on Tuesday.

Earlier in the day, a senior official from the Union Health Ministry stated that this was not a case of wild polio but rather an infection that individuals with low immunity may contract.

The case has led officials in the West Garo Hills district to be on high alert.

The World Health Organization declared India polio-free in 2014. The last case of wild poliovirus in the country was reported in 2011.