PRO/EDR> Poliomyelitis update (98): Afghanistan, Philippines, Pakistan, violence

Polio — Afghanistan
– In response to the 1st human case confirmed with VDPV1 from Maluso, Basilan (BARMM), outbreak immunization was conducted in the area with bOPV for children under 10 years old, vaccinating 13 547 children under 10 years of age (102% of the target).
– A cVDPV1 case in Sabah state, Malaysia, was confirmed to be genetically linked to the Basilan case by the Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory (VIDRL) in Australia. Since the 2 viruses are genetically linked, they are both