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Situation Update
• The Somalia Polio Programme has not confirmed any new cases of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in children with acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) since 8 May 2019.
• The last case of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 3 (cVDPV3) in a child with AFP was detected and confirmed on 7 September 2018.
• A total of three cVDPV2 cases have been reported in Somalia across 2019.
• In total, 15 children with polio have been detected in Somalia since the onset of the ongoing concurrent cVDPV2 and cVDPV3 outbreaks in 2017.
• During week 44, one PV2 isolate (SOM-SOL-LND-2019-015-C2) was reported from a female contact from Lasnod district in Sool region of Somaliland. The stool sample of this case has been sent to lab for further investigation.