Burundi declares polio outbreak, First cases reported in more than three decades

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The World Health Organization (WHO) report that the Ministere de la Sante Publique declared an outbreak of circulating poliovirus type 2 (CVDPV 2) today after confirming eight polioviruses, the first such detection in more than three decades. The cases were confirmed in a four-year-old child in Isale district in western Burundi who had not [...]

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