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Nigeria: Third Polio Infection Cripples Borno Toddler
Daily Trust, 5 September 2016
Testing has confirmed a third case of wild polio virus infection in Mungono, Borno state, days after two previous infections were detected. Read more »
Two other polio cases were reported in August.
A child receives a vaccination against polio (file photo).
The development is seen as a major setback for Nigeria, as the country was on track to be declared polio free in 2017. Read more »
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