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Africa declared free of wild polio

Africa has been declared free from wild polio by the independent body, the Africa Regional Certification Commission.

Axar.az reports citing foreign media.

Polio usually affects children under five, sometimes leading to irreversible paralysis. Death can occur when breathing muscles are affected.

Twenty-five years ago thousands of children in Africa were paralysed by the virus.

The disease is now only found in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

There is no cure but the polio vaccine protects children for life.

Date
2020.08.25 / 23:16
Author
Axar.az
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