In the Transcarpathian region, poliomyelitis was confirmed in five children at once. No child was vaccinated at the time of diagnosis. It is reported by the BBC-Ukraine.

The disease in children was confirmed in the laboratory of virological research at the Center for Public Health in Kiev and in the laboratory of Helsinki.

On November 2, poliovirus was detected in a 12-year-old girl from the Tyachiv region. She was unvaccinated against polio due to her parents' religious beliefs.

After confirming the diagnosis of her daughter, the girl's mother, yielding to the persuasion of doctors, agreed to vaccinate the rest of the children..

Doctors diagnosed the disease in four more minors from Transcarpathia.

Poliomyelitis, an acute infectious disease caused by the poliovirus. Spread from humans through feces and saliva, especially through contaminated food and water. The virus enters the body through the mouth, enters the bloodstream and affects the nervous system, often causing lifelong paralysis.

The first symptoms are fever, fatigue, headaches, vomiting, neck muscle weakness, and pain in the limbs..

Paralysis can be added in a matter of hours. It often affects the legs, one in ten patients dies of suffocation as a result of paralysis of the pulmonary muscles.

On October 6, a case of paralysis due to polio was confirmed in a 1.5-year-old child from the Rivne region. Six more children fell ill in the family.

In Ukraine, the level of vaccination of children against poliomyelitis is only 53%. This is an alarmingly low rate, which is becoming dangerous for public health..