PETALING JAYA: The first case of polio that was detected in Malaysia for more than 27 years in Tuaran, Sabah is genetically linked to poliovirus currently circulating in the southern Philippines, says the World Health Organisation (WHO).
WHO said that testing at its Regional Polio Reference Laboratory in Melbourne, Australia, on Dec 6 confirmed this.
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