Health Alerts

Two cVDPV2 cases have been reported from Ombella-M'Poko prefecture (Mbaiki and Bimbo districts), SW of the capital Bangui, taking the country’s YTD total to six. The D.R. of Congo has also reported another cVDPV2 case in Haut Lomami province, one of nine current outbreaks. Afghanistan registered one WPV1 case, however, in Pakistan there was news of another four WPV1 cases and 28 positive environmental samples. According to the GPEI, ‘So far 2019 has had much higher WPV1 activity than last year, with 78 cases to date, compared with 2018's total of 33 cases’. Read more.