Polio — Papua New Guinea
The National Department of Health of Papua New Guinea (NDOH) and the World Health Organization (WHO) today [Mon 6 Aug 2018] announced a case of polio in a 3 year old boy from Mulitaka, Laigam District in Enga Province. The case is the 3rd in the country, following confirmation of 2 cases from Lae, Morobe Province in June and July 2018.
The confirmation was made on [Fri 3 Aug 2018] by the Victorian Infectious Disease Reference Laboratory — a WHO Collaborating Centre in Australia. The boy
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