Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Africa gets first poliovirus case more than five years from Pakistan

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GENEVA: The first wild poliovirus case in Africa in more than five years has been detected in a young child in Malawi, the World Health Organization said Thursday. The Malawian health authorities have declared an outbreak of wild poliovirus type 1 after a case was detected in the capital Lilongwe, the WHO said. Read more: … Read more