ZAGREB, 3 Oct (Hina) - The spreading of child polio, which recently occurred in south-eastern parts of the Balkans, is not threatening Croatia, the Croatian Health Institute said in a statement Thursday.
ZAGREB, 3 Oct (Hina) - The spreading of child polio, which recently
occurred in south-eastern parts of the Balkans, is not threatening
Croatia, the Croatian Health Institute said in a statement
Thursday. #L#
The head of the Institute's Epidemiological Service, Dr
Berislav Borcic, said that the last case of polio in Croatia had
been registered in 1989.
The inoculation of children in Croatia had been somewhat
reduced in the last several years, primarily because of migrations
of large numbers of people, which were caused by the war, Borcic
said, adding that there was no reasons for concern.
The inoculation of children against poliomyelitis started in
Croatia in 1961. Croatia is applying stricter measures than those
proscribed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) - after the
three-fold inoculation at the age of one, the inoculation is
repeated at the age of two, four and seven.
Croatian experts were investigating the possibility of
occurrence of a 'wild virus' in sewers in seven Croatian cities,
Borcic said, adding that health authorities were quite sure that
the poliomyelitis virus had been eradicated in Croatia.
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