Uganda: Govt Confirms Polio Outbreak in Uganda

The Ministry of Health has confirmed a polio outbreak in the country. The polio viruses were established on July 21 from two samples collected on June 1 from the sewage plants of Bugolobi and Lubigi in Kampala.

"The results confirmed a circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Virus Type 2 in Uganda. The virus sequencing test done in South Africa on the two samples showed that the confirmed circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Virus is linked to a circulating cVDPV2 lineage in Sudan," Dr Henry Mwebesa, the director general of Health Services, noted in an August 12 statement.

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