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Malaysia records first polio case after 27 years
Published: 6:19 am
Health Ministry director-secretary Noor Hisham Abdullah said Malaysia has recorded its first polio case after the disease was absent for some 27 years.
"The Health Ministry regrets to inform there has been a confirmed case of poliovirus infection in Malaysia, after being free of the disease for 27 years.
"The case involved a three-year-old Malaysian male toddler from Tuaran, Sabah who experienced fever followed by body weakness and was admitted to the intensive care unit," he said in a press statement.
Noor Hisham said it was confirmed that the toddler was suffering from circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 1 (cVDPV 1).
He said cVDPV 1 originates from a weakened poliovirus used in vaccines administered orally...
Malaysia records first polio case after 27 years
Published: 6:19 am
Health Ministry director-secretary Noor Hisham Abdullah said Malaysia has recorded its first polio case after the disease was absent for some 27 years.
"The Health Ministry regrets to inform there has been a confirmed case of poliovirus infection in Malaysia, after being free of the disease for 27 years.
"The case involved a three-year-old Malaysian male toddler from Tuaran, Sabah who experienced fever followed by body weakness and was admitted to the intensive care unit," he said in a press statement.
Noor Hisham said it was confirmed that the toddler was suffering from circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 1 (cVDPV 1).
He said cVDPV 1 originates from a weakened poliovirus used in vaccines administered orally...
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