Source: Global Polio Eradication Initiative
Country: Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Somalia, Syrian Arab Republic
Summary of new viruses this week: Papua New Guinea – three new cases of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 1 (cVDPV1). No new cases of wild poliovirus. Afghanistan and Pakistan continue to detect WPV1 through environmental sampling, indicating sustained transmission. See country sections below for more details.
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