The Department of Health said that the fourth confirmed polio case in the country was a three-year-old girl from Sultan Kudarat.
Health Undersecretary Rolando Enrique Domingo said that the girl visited Maguindanao for a month but is actually a resident of Sultan Kudarat.
“It is uncertain where the virus came from in the two areas,” said Domingo.
The Health official also noted that the girl does not receive an oral polio vaccine.
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III confirmed the fourth polio case in the Philippines in a statement Tuesday.
“The test conducted by our Research Institute for Tropical Medicine and the National Institute of Infectious Disease-Japan confirms the fourth polio case in the country,” he said.
Last week, the Health department confirmed the third polio case that involved a four-year-old girl from Datu Piang, Maguindanao.
Last September, two confirmed cases of polio were also reported – a three-year-old girl from Lanao del Sur and a five-year-old boy from Laguna. (Analou de Vera)
