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3 new polio cases found in Malawi: Health Ministry
Malawi now has ‘huge task’ to fight outbreak so that it is not labeled as polio-endemic country, says ministry spokesman
Moses Michael-Phiri | 04.10.2022
LILONGWE, Malawi
Three more polio cases have been found in Malawi, the Health Ministry said late Monday, bringing the total number of cases recorded this year to four.
The three new cases have been recorded in the southern districts of Mwanza, Phalombe, and Mulanje that border Mozambique.
“The ministry will intensify its efforts in surveillance of the disease. But for the three new cases, all are imported from Mozambique,” Adrian Chikumbe, the Health Ministry spokesman, told Anadolu Agency via telephone on Tuesday.
Malawi, a country with a population of about 18.5 million in southeastern Africa, declared a wild polio outbreak in February after a case was found in a 3-year-old girl – the first of its kind in Africa for more than five years...
3 new polio cases found in Malawi: Health Ministry
Malawi now has ‘huge task’ to fight outbreak so that it is not labeled as polio-endemic country, says ministry spokesman
Moses Michael-Phiri | 04.10.2022
LILONGWE, Malawi
Three more polio cases have been found in Malawi, the Health Ministry said late Monday, bringing the total number of cases recorded this year to four.
The three new cases have been recorded in the southern districts of Mwanza, Phalombe, and Mulanje that border Mozambique.
“The ministry will intensify its efforts in surveillance of the disease. But for the three new cases, all are imported from Mozambique,” Adrian Chikumbe, the Health Ministry spokesman, told Anadolu Agency via telephone on Tuesday.
Malawi, a country with a population of about 18.5 million in southeastern Africa, declared a wild polio outbreak in February after a case was found in a 3-year-old girl – the first of its kind in Africa for more than five years...