Poliovirus Detected In Papua New Guinea

Courtesy of Burnet Institute
A baby in a person's arms receiving an oral vaccination from a person wearing medical glovesl.
The poliovirus can be prevented with the oral polio vaccine.

Last week, it was confirmed that poliovirus has re-emerged and is recirculating in the community in Papua New Guinea, for the first time since 2018.

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