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DOH urges polio shots; virus detected in sewage
By: Jovic Yee - Reporter / @jovicyeeINQ
Philippine Daily Inquirer / 06:20 AM September 01, 2019
MANILA, Philippines ? The Department of Health (DOH) on Saturday appealed to parents to have their children vaccinated against polio, after a test on Manila?s sewage showed the existence of the virus that causes the debilitating disease.
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said a recent sampling of Manila?s sewage tested positive for the vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV), which the World Health Organization (WHO) defined in its website as ?an excreted vaccine-virus that can continue to circulate for an extended period of time.?...
DOH urges polio shots; virus detected in sewage
By: Jovic Yee - Reporter / @jovicyeeINQ
Philippine Daily Inquirer / 06:20 AM September 01, 2019
MANILA, Philippines ? The Department of Health (DOH) on Saturday appealed to parents to have their children vaccinated against polio, after a test on Manila?s sewage showed the existence of the virus that causes the debilitating disease.
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said a recent sampling of Manila?s sewage tested positive for the vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV), which the World Health Organization (WHO) defined in its website as ?an excreted vaccine-virus that can continue to circulate for an extended period of time.?...
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