A polio outbreak in the Philippines has ended, according to the World Health Organisation and the United Nations Children’s Fund, which praised government efforts to fight the disease despite the coronavirus pandemic.
The UN agencies said in a joint statement on Friday that the Philippine Department of Health concluded its response to the polio outbreak on June 3 after no cases were detected for 16 months following a massive immunisation campaign and surveillance.
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