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WHO says child from Raqqa among 15 new polio cases in Syria
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS | Tue Jun 20, 2017 | 9:27am EDT
WHO says child from Raqqa among 15 new polio cases in Syria
Fifteen new cases of polio have been confirmed in Syria, including a child who may have caught the disease in Raqqa, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday.
Aid workers are unable to vaccinate the population in and around Raqqa, a city held by Islamic State militants and a target of U.S.-led airstrikes.
The WHO reported two polio cases in an area of Syria partly held by Islamic State earlier this month, the first re-emergence of the virus in Syria since 2014 and a blow for hopes of eradicating the disease globally.
WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic told a U.N. briefing on Tuesday that 14 more cases had been found in the same area, the Mayadin district of Deir al-Zor province, and another had come from Raqqa, a city where Islamic State fighters are trying to resist a U.S.-backed assault.
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WHO says child from Raqqa among 15 new polio cases in Syria
Fifteen new cases of polio have been confirmed in Syria, including a child who may have caught the disease in Raqqa, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday.
Aid workers are unable to vaccinate the population in and around Raqqa, a city held by Islamic State militants and a target of U.S.-led airstrikes.
The WHO reported two polio cases in an area of Syria partly held by Islamic State earlier this month, the first re-emergence of the virus in Syria since 2014 and a blow for hopes of eradicating the disease globally.
WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic told a U.N. briefing on Tuesday that 14 more cases had been found in the same area, the Mayadin district of Deir al-Zor province, and another had come from Raqqa, a city where Islamic State fighters are trying to resist a U.S.-backed assault.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-polio-idUSKBN19B1V8
