Mutant Polio Virus Found to be Responsible for the 2010 Polio Outbreak in Congo
Researchers have found that a mutated form of the polio virus was responsible for the deadly outbreak of polio in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2010.
Researchers have found that a mutated form of the polio virus was responsible for the deadly outbreak of polio in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2010.
‘Public health emergency order will remain in place for at least 12 months, to tackle to polio outbreak crisis says Puka Temu, Health Minister, Papua New Guinea’
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The public health emergency order will remain in place for at least 12 months, Minister for Health Puka Temu said. The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the virus was detected in a six-year-old boy in April. The same strain of the virus has now been detected in other healthy children in the same community, making it officially an outbreak, the BBC reported.
Polio has no cure and can lead to irreversible paralysis. It mainly affects children under the age of five, and can only be prevented by giving a child multiple vaccine doses.
WHO Finds Link Between Polio Outbreaks in Syria and Pakistan
The World Health Organization has found a link between the outbreak of polio in Syria, which has so far paralyzed around 13 children, and a strain of the virus from Pakistan.
The World Health Organization has found a link between the outbreak of polio in Syria, which has so far paralyzed around 13 children, and a strain of the virus from Pakistan.
Polio Outbreak in Syria Could Threaten Europe
Health experts have warned that the recent outbreak of polio in Syria poses a serious threat to Europe, where the disease was eradicated in 2002.
Health experts have warned that the recent outbreak of polio in Syria poses a serious threat to Europe, where the disease was eradicated in 2002.
UN Declares End to 2013-2014 Somalia Polio Outbreak
An assessment team conducted a review in Somalia in October, and decided the polio outbreak was over, which affected nearly 200 people, most of them children.
An assessment team conducted a review in Somalia in October, and decided the polio outbreak was over, which affected nearly 200 people, most of them children.
