Polio’s cVDPV2 digest in Pakistan; Measles death toll rises again
21 January 2021
A single cVDPV2 infection in Sindh province was reported to the GPEI last week, while the four cases that Sudan recorded were detected in the states of Kassala, Khartoum, Blue Nile and Red Sea. Additionally, Yemen logged nine cases of cVDPV1 in Saadah. Read more
AT LEAST eight children have now succumbed to measles infections in outbreaks spread across several villages in Chaman, in the SW province of Balochistan. Three new deaths were added to the five identified last week, prompting district officials to send a response team to control the outbreak. Read more