Key highlights
No new cases of cVDPV2 were reported this week. The total number of cVDPV2 cases remains 30 (29 cases are from Mayadeen district, Deir Ez-Zor governorate, and 1 case from Tell Abyad district, Raqqa governorate).
Poliovirus type-2 (PV2) has been isolated from an additional 10 stool samples, in total, collected from acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) cases from Deir Ez-Zor (9) and Homs (1). These samples have been sent to polio reference laboratories for further testing and sequencing. The six isolates reported last week are included and are still pending.
Preparations are underway for the second round in Deir Ez-Zor governorate, scheduled for 19-23 August.
The first round in Raqqa is expected to commence this week. mOPV2 stocks have reached Tell Abyad and Thawra, and pre-campaign monitoring has begun.
IPV for use in the second rounds in both governorates is scheduled to arrive in Damascus on 8 August.
Following completion of the first round in Deir Ez-Zor, an informal review of activities was held in Damascus. UNICEF conducted an internal review of social mobilization activities and vaccine management in Beirut.
The Eradication and Outbreak Management Group (EOMG) met last week to discuss the release of additional doses of IPV to cover high risk population groups in northwest Syria, Turkey and Lebanon.
The total number of AFP cases detected in Deir Ez-Zor governorate since the beginning of 2017 is 92 (70 from Mayadeen, 10 from Deir Ez-Zor, and 12 from Boukamal districts). Raqqa governorate has reported 15 AFP cases (5 from Raqqa, 9 from Tell Abyad, and 1 from Thawra districts).
