Papua New Guinea polio: ‘The epidemic is fairly under control”

In June 2018, an outbreak of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 1 (cVDPV1) was declared in Papua New Guinea following laboratory confirmation of cVDPV1 isolation in two healthy community contacts of the index case. Since the declaration, a total of 26 confirmed cVDPV1 cases have been reported in nine provinces. The International Federation of Red Cross and ["]

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