Polio -- DR Congo
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 3 different circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) outbreaks have been detected in acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) cases. In February 2018, the government declared cVDPV2 to be a national public health emergency.
The cVDPV2 strain initially detected and reported in June 2017 from Haut Lomami Province spread in late 2017 and early 2018 to Tanganyika and Haut Katanga provinces, respectively. The same virus was confirmed in Ituri Province
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5897456&promed&0
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