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On January 24, 2022, the WHO Regional Reference Laboratory in Helsinki confirmed poliovirus type 2 (VDPV-2) in a sample from a 2-year-old child from Ukraine. The sample...
NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews
In 2021, five total wild poliovirus 1 (WPV1) cases were reported in the last two endemic countries, Pakistan and Afghanistan with one case and four cases reported, respectively.
This...
NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews
Here is some of the most current numbers from three important outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC):
Monkeypox
Health authorities reported an additional...
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The Department of Health (DOH) reiterated its call to all parents to bring their infants and kids to health centers to get free vaccination shots that will protect them...
By NewsDesk @bactiman63
In a follow-up on the polio situation in Ukraine, Ukrainian health officials report a polio case in a 12-year-old child from Transcarpathia.
Health officials report during the...
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The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) report today that long-term residents or returnees from Ukraine may need a booster vaccine in light of the recent case reported.
In...
By NewsDesk @bactiman63
In Ukraine, the polio situation is a matter of concern. In September this year, a case of paralysis was registered in a 17-month-old child in the Rivne region.
Already in October,...
By NewsDesk @bactiman63
In a follow-up on the circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) case reported in Ukraine, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) added some information concerning...
By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews
In today’s Outbreak News This Week Livestream, I’ll look at some recent polio news to include a circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus 2 (cVDPV2) case...
By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews
In Ukraine, a case of polio was recorded and confirmed in a 1.5-year-old child from Rivne Oblast. The disease is caused by a derivative of the vaccine strain of polioviruses...
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