Vaccine-derived poliovirus detected in Burundi, Congo

Burundi Announces First Polio Outbreak in More Than 30 Years

[UN News] Health authorities in Burundi on Friday said that they had detected eight samples of polio, officially declaring the landlocked African nation's first outbreak in more than 30 years.

Burundi declares 1st outbreak of polio in 30 years

The Burundian Government – which has declared the detection of the virus a national public health emergency – plans to implement a vaccination campaign to combat polio in the coming weeks.

Doctors in Burundi confirm first polio outbreak in over 30 years

The World Health Organisation has disclosed health authorities in Burundi have detected eight samples of polio. The detection led to the official declaration of the country’s first outbreak in more than 30 years. The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. The disease is transmitted through

Burundi declares health emergency over polio outbreak

Polio diagnosed in an unvaccinated four-year-old child and in two other children who were contacts of the child, authorities say, as government eyes a new immunisation drive within weeks.

Vaccine-derived poliovirus detected in Burundi, Congo

JOHANNESBURG/LONDON - Health officials in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have detected cases of vaccine-derived poliovirus, the World Health Organization and Global Polio Eradication Initiative said. The WHO said the Burundian government had declared the detection of the virus a national public health emergency, after cases were confirmed in an unvaccinated four-year-old boy in Isale district in western Burundi and two other …

Burundi declares public health emergency amid first polio cases in 30 years

The outbreak of virus is the latest in a rash of flare-ups in Africa and beyond