14/07/2021
Endemic countries, Vaccination campaigns
Afghanistan
Afghanistan polio snapshot – May 2021
Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for May 2021
In May:
- No new Wild Poliovirus (WPV1)cases and 5 new cVDPV2 cases were confirmed.
- 712,739 children were vaccinated against polio
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