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Sudanese MoH confirms two polio cases
August 11 - 2020 KHARTOUM / NORTHERN STATE / RED SEA
The Sudanese Ministry of Health has reported two cases of polio, meanwhile advising prevention strategies against the spread of Covid-19. Khartoum medics protested against poor accomodation and unpaid salaries yesterday.
The Ministry said in a statement on Monday that there are more suspected cases under laboratory examination, after confirming two cases of polio in Sudan by laboratory testing on Saturday. According to 2005 international regulations, a confirmation of one case is considered a declaration of an epidemic.
Ethiopia, Chad, and the Central African Republic have reported vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) cases this year. Chad has reported 62 cVDPV2 cases in 2020. Across the African continent, 133 type 2 cases in 14 countries have been reported in 2020, significantly higher than 47 this time last year.
Sudan’s Ministry of Health stressed in a statement that the current situation requires concerted efforts at all levels to contain the epidemic...
Sudanese MoH confirms two polio cases
August 11 - 2020 KHARTOUM / NORTHERN STATE / RED SEA
The Sudanese Ministry of Health has reported two cases of polio, meanwhile advising prevention strategies against the spread of Covid-19. Khartoum medics protested against poor accomodation and unpaid salaries yesterday.
The Ministry said in a statement on Monday that there are more suspected cases under laboratory examination, after confirming two cases of polio in Sudan by laboratory testing on Saturday. According to 2005 international regulations, a confirmation of one case is considered a declaration of an epidemic.
Ethiopia, Chad, and the Central African Republic have reported vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) cases this year. Chad has reported 62 cVDPV2 cases in 2020. Across the African continent, 133 type 2 cases in 14 countries have been reported in 2020, significantly higher than 47 this time last year.
Sudan’s Ministry of Health stressed in a statement that the current situation requires concerted efforts at all levels to contain the epidemic...
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