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  • Algeria - Polio outbreak 2022

    WEEKLY BULLETIN ON OUTBREAKS
    AND OTHER EMERGENCIES


    Week 29: 11 - 17 July 2022
    Data as reported by: 17:00; 17 July 2022

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    All events currently being monitored by WHO AFRO
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    Algeria Poliomyelitis (cVDPV2) Grade 2

    Date notified to WCO 14-Jul-22
    Start of reporting period 11-Apr-2022
    End of reporting period 7-Jul-22
    Total cases 1
    Cases Confirmed 1
    Deaths -
    CFR -


    The IHR focal point from Algeria notified WHO of a confirmed case of Circulating Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2). The case is a 1-year old girl residing in Tamanrasset Wilaya (commune of Tamanrasset). She was admitted on 11 April 2022 to the hospital, for acute flaccid paralysis of both lower limbs. The epidemiological investigation carried out on the same day showed that she had not received any dose of OPV or IPV and that she had no history of travel outside the city of Tamanrasset. However, the siblings (3) were correctly vaccinated.

    "Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
    -Nelson Mandela
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