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Polio outbreak confirmed in Papua New Guinea, World Health Organization says
By PNG correspondent Marian Faa and Theckla Gunga in Port Moresby
4h ago
The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed deep concern and says neighbouring countries are at risk as it declares an outbreak of polio virus in Papua New Guinea.
Community transmission of the virus was confirmed in the city of Lae, after a screening program detected the fast-spreading virus in stool samples from two healthy children.
Poliovirus Type 2 has also been found in environmental samples in the capital Port Moresby.
WHO representative in PNG, Dr Sevil Huseynova, said the outbreak posed a serious risk to young children in PNG, where less than 50 per cent of the population immunised against the disease...
Polio outbreak confirmed in Papua New Guinea, World Health Organization says
By PNG correspondent Marian Faa and Theckla Gunga in Port Moresby
4h ago
The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed deep concern and says neighbouring countries are at risk as it declares an outbreak of polio virus in Papua New Guinea.
Community transmission of the virus was confirmed in the city of Lae, after a screening program detected the fast-spreading virus in stool samples from two healthy children.
Poliovirus Type 2 has also been found in environmental samples in the capital Port Moresby.
WHO representative in PNG, Dr Sevil Huseynova, said the outbreak posed a serious risk to young children in PNG, where less than 50 per cent of the population immunised against the disease...