Nigeria: Polio - We Have Won a Battle, but the War Is Still On-Professor Tomori

Abuja — On the 25th day of August 2020, World Health Organization (WHO) Africa region was certified polio free by the Africa Regional Certification Commission for Polio Eradication (ARCC), as Nigeria achieved the wild polio virus free status.

Professor Oyewale Tomori, a leading virologist who helped spearhead Nigeria's effort to kick out polio from the country is saying the outbreak of cVDPV2 is telling us that we have won a battle, but the war is still on.

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