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One new case of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) was reported in the past week with onset of paralysis on 3 September, from Kohistan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), in the north of the country. It brings the total number of WPV1 cases for 2016 to 16.
(Via Global Polio Eradication Initiative - accessed 11/11/16)
Travellers should be encouraged to take strict precautions with food, water and personal hygiene.
In addition, in order to comply with the WHO and ECDC recommendations and also to avoid travellers being vaccinated in the polio-infected country, authorities in the UK have made the following vaccination recommendations.
In Scotland, Health Protection Scotland (HPS) advise:
In England, Public Health England and NaTHNaC have issued advice which is different to that in Scotland (please look at Travel Health Pro Clinical updates for full details).