MANILA: The Philippine Department of Health (DOH) said that four more polio cases have been detected, bringing the total number of cases to 16 since an outbreak was declared in September 2019.
Philippine Health Secretary Francisco Duque said yesterday that two boys, aged two and three, from Maguindanao province, and a two-year-old boy from Sultan Kudarat in the southern Philippines contracted the virus.
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