• 21
  Sep
  2011

• WHO Issues Travel Warning To China And Pakistan

  
  Filed Under: Blogging
  Author: YourGuy

The World Health Organization (WHO) has just released a travel warning of a deadly polio strain that has been detected in both Pakistan and China. Travelers planning to visit any of these two countries should get shots and international medical insurance. According to WHO this polio strain is known to be a wild polio virus originating from Pakistan, and the potential for the virus to infect many is very high because of the Muslim Haj pilgrimage to Mecca. Without international travel health insurance, travelers to these countries could end up sick and not have the proper medical care or treatment. With the international medical insurance you have better chance of dealing with situation should it happen to you.

One of the main concerns of WHO is the fact that the pilgrimage is done in areas where there is insufficient access to clinics and doctors. This could aggravate the problem and cause a major headache if anyone brings in the virus.

They further said that the strain in China has a genetic link to that in Pakistan which means someone from Pakistan brought it into China. The reason for the high risk alert level that WHO is placing on this wild virus is the potential to become paralyzed, as well as the swiftness that it happens.

Right now, Pakistan has 84 reported cases, and 9 confirmed cases in China. Unfortunately, these 9 cases in China is not the official count so the numbers could go higher. 

Without the immunization, one could get the virus through body fluids, contact with feces that contain the virus, through sneezing or contact with infected mucus, or by something as simple as drinking from a glass previously used by an infected person with the wild polio virus.

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