Philippines Health Department Confirms 3rd Polio Case After Reemergence Of Disease
CNN Philippines: Health dept. confirms third polio case
“The Health Department has confirmed the third polio case in the country after the communicable disease reappeared in nearly two decades. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said the third confirmed case is a four-year-old girl from Datu Piang town in Maguindanao province who had no oral polio vaccine…” (10/28).
Additional coverage of the Philippines polio outbreak is available from Rappler and Xinhua.
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