Shiloh
Editor, Senior Moderator
Source: http://www.rferl.org/content/Russia_Confirms_First_Polio_Cases_In_15_Years/2080022.html
Russia Confirms First Polio Cases In 15 Years
Authorities suspect the outbreak originated in neighboring Tajikistan.
June 23, 2010
MOSCOW -- The Russian Health and Social Affairs Ministry has confirmed seven cases of polio that it says likely originate from an outbreak in Tajikistan more than one month ago, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports.
Gennady Onishchenko, Russia's chief public health official, said on June 21 that polio cases have been registered in Irkutsk, Chelyabinsk, the Sverdlovsk region, and Moscow...
Russia Confirms First Polio Cases In 15 Years
Authorities suspect the outbreak originated in neighboring Tajikistan.
June 23, 2010
MOSCOW -- The Russian Health and Social Affairs Ministry has confirmed seven cases of polio that it says likely originate from an outbreak in Tajikistan more than one month ago, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports.
Gennady Onishchenko, Russia's chief public health official, said on June 21 that polio cases have been registered in Irkutsk, Chelyabinsk, the Sverdlovsk region, and Moscow...