Malawi: Malawi Declares Health Emergency Following Polio Case Discovery

[VOA] Blantyre, Malawi -- Health authorities in Malawi say a 3-year-old girl is paralyzed after contracting polio, the first known case in Africa in more than five years and the first in Malawi in three decades. Authorities say the child was infected by a strain of poliovirus that matches a strain found in Pakistan.
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news