POLIO ERADICATION Update - WORLD POLIO DAY – OCTOBER 24

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Summary of new WPV and cVDPV this week (AFP cases and ES positives):

• Afghanistan: one WPV1 case • Pakistan: two WPV1 cases and one positive environmental sample • Mozambique : one WPV1 case • Benin: two cVDPV2 cases and one positive environmental sample • DR Congo: one cVDPV2 case • Ghana: one cVDPV2 positive environmental sample • Madagascar: one cVDPV1 positive environmental sample • Malawi: two cVDPV1 cases • Nigeria : one cVDPV2 positive environmental sample

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