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"HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — More than 33 million children in several southern
African countries have been vaccinated against polio, part of ongoing efforts
to eradicate the infectious paralytic disease that has been largely contained
in much of the world, the World Health Organization announced on Friday.
About 80 million drops of the inoculation have been placed in the mouths of
children across Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Tanzania and Zimbabwe since the
launch of an emergency response in March last year, WHO said in a statement.
Malawi detected the wild poliovirus disease in a young child in its capital,
Lilongwe, in February last year — the first time the strain was reported in
Africa in five years. The virus spread to neighboring Mozambique, causing other
countries in the region to be on alert.
Africa was certified as free of indigenous wild polio in 2020, according to
WHO, which says the recent strain originated from Pakistan. The South Asian
country and its neighbor, Afghanistan, are the only two countries where the
virus is still entrenched.
In the latest outbreak, Malawi has reported one case while Mozambique has
recorded eight. Mozambique recorded the last confirmed case in August 2022,
said WHO."
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