To tackle the situation, the state government is contemplating to suggest some changes in the immunisation strategy for western Uttar Pradesh ¿ one of the vulnerable regions. The introduction of Injectable Polio Vaccines (IPV) is still not certain.

“It is true that all the three cases reported in the country this year are from Uttar Pradesh. Areas in western Uttar Pradesh and the migrant population continue to be the major problem,” said Dr ML Khatloiya, Director General, Family Welfare department.

“Even if the final approval is given for the use of IPV, it will take few more months for its procurement. In the, meanwhile, we have to make the required changes to tackle the situation,” he added.

“Since various health agencies have already proven that the immunity of the polio drop remains for around six weeks in western Uttar Pradesh, we will propose to have additional rounds in between these weeks in the polio affected areas of the state,” he said.

The three P1 cases that have been reported this year are from Jotiba Phole Nagar, Mathura and Ghaziabad.

In 2008, the state had reported 61 cases of WPV1, which was the highest in the country, which was followed by Delhi with four P1 cases and Bihar with 3.

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