Polio -- Papua New Guinea
An outbreak of polio in Papua New Guinea has reached Port Moresby, with the 1st case in the nation's capital prompting an emergency vaccination campaign.
A 6-year-old boy from the capital's Five Mile settlement was confirmed as infected after laboratory tests were conducted in Australia.
PNG was declared polio-free in 2000, but in 2018 there has been an outbreak with 10 confirmed cases of the disease, which largely affects young children.
The children affected in PNG range from 12
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6025528&promed&0
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