Polio -- Pakistan
In 2019, Somalia confirmed 2 children have been affected by circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2)*.
There is a stool sample from 1 additional child from Bosaso undergoing further testing.
A 9-year-old child from Buhodle, in the region of Togdher, in Somaliland, is confirmed to have cVDPV2. The date of onset of paralysis for the child was [21 Apr 2019] and the date of confirmation of results was [15 May 2019]. The child affected is suffering from paralysis in all 4 limbs
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6500037&promed&0
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