Pakistan only country still spreading polio, WHO says

Pakistan is the only country that is still exporting polio cases and should continue making sure all ‎travelers are vaccinated, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.  The three other countries ‎that risk spreading the virus - viz. Cameroon, Syria and Equatorial Guinea - have all gone just about a ‎year without any international spread but still need to be vigilant, WHO said. ‎"The international spread of wild poliovirus has continued with one new exportation from Pakistan into ‎neighboring Afghanistan documented after 13 November 2014," WHO said. "Although there is ‎seasonal decline in the number of reported cases in Pakistan, transmission is ongoing in each of the four ‎provinces and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas."  Pakistan should continue to stop travelers ‎who cannot show they have been vaccinated from leaving the country, WHO says.‎

Pakistan's fight against polio has suffered a setback with with vaccination teams regularly attacked. Some religious leaders fear ‎vaccination. Militants mistrust the teams doing the work. A team was attacked last month and the ‎driver was killed.‎ (Source: UN)