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One new wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) case was reported in the past week, with onset of paralysis on 13 January, from Kandahar. It is the first reported case for calendar year 2017. The total number of WPV1 cases for 2016 remains 13. More than half of the 2016 cases are from Bermal district, Paktika.
(Via Global Polio Eradication Initiative - accessed 10/02/17)
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).