Africa is set to be declared polio-free as Nigeria marks three years without recording a single case of polio infection, thus moving a step closer towards polio-free certification by the World Health Organisation, WHO, in early 2020.
The last time a case of the wild poliovirus was reported in Nigeria was August 21, 2016, in Borno State.
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