Second of three types of polio virus has been eradicated globally
‘The eradication of wild polio virus type 3 is a major milestone towards a polio-free world, but we cannot relax,” WHO official Matshidiso Moeti says
24 October 2019 - 15:36
London — The World Health Organisation (WHO) welcomed a “historic step” towards a polio-free world on Thursday as an expert panel certified that the second of three types of the crippling virus has been eradicated globally.
The announcement by the Global Commission for the Certification of Poliomyelitis Eradication means that only wild polio virus type 1 is still circulating, after type 2 was declared eradicated in 2015, and type 3 this week...
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