Monday, 26 January 2015

No new polio cases in Syria reported for a year: WHO

EPIDEMICS
No new polio cases in Syria reported for a year: WHO
Beirut (AFP) Jan 21, 2015 - Syria has gone a year without a reported polio case, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, after a massive immunisation campaign triggered by the disease's appearance in the war-torn country. The agency said "the outbreak seems to have been brought under control" in Syria after a push to immunise millions of children across the Middle East. "It's a very encouraging sign that Syri ... more


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