Polio in border areas

Published May 3, 2006

GENEVA, May 2: Thousands of Afghan and Pakistani children will be vaccinated for polio next week as health experts try to stamp out a flare-up of the crippling virus, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday. The UN health agency said there have been five polio cases in Afghanistan and two in Pakistan since the start of 2006.

“Even one case in a country is a problem, because it can circulate in the country and outside the country,” spokeswoman Fadela Chaib told a news briefing.—Reuters

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