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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.
https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/360510/OEW29-1117072022.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
AND OTHER EMERGENCIES
Week 29: 11 - 17 July 2022
Data as reported by: 17:00; 17 July 2022
...
All events currently being monitored by WHO AFRO
...
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.
https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/360510/OEW29-1117072022.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y