Health authorities in Ghaziabad have detected a vaccine-derived poliovirus Type-1 (VDPV1) in sewage samples collected from the Dundahera Sewage Treatment Plant and the Vijay Nagar pumping station. The finding has prompted an extensive surveillance and vaccination review exercise across several localities, but officials stress that there is no cause for panic.
Recent concerns around Hantavirus have left many people wondering whether the common mice found inside homes can also spread the potentially dangerous virus. According...
