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Pakistan + 17 more

Polio this week as of 05 February 2020

Attachments

  • The WHO Executive Board is currently holding its 146th session at the WHO headquarters in Geneva. Among many others, polio is one of the topics of discussion, take a look at the report by the Director-General on polio eradication.

  • cVDPV2 confirmed in Kinshasa: a number of new cVDPV2s cases have been confirmed in DR Congo which may have significant implications on the current outbreak response activities. While none of the newly-confirmed cases are new emergences, the virus has now been detected in the mega-city of Kinshasa which is the first case in the city. See ‘DR Congo’ section below for more.

  • Summary of new viruses this week (AFP cases and environmental samples):

  • Pakistan: eight WPV1 cases

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo): five cVDPV2 cases

  • Somalia: one cVDPV2 positive environmental samples

  • Angola: eight cVDPV2 cases

  • Burkina Faso: one cVDPV2 case