JAKARTA (Reuters) - The outbreak of polio in Indonesia could spread to other countries in the region, but a plan to vaccinate 24 million children next week should halt its progress, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday.
The comments by WHO's polio eradication representative, David Heymann, came a day after another U.N. official warned a polio epidemic could hit Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous nation, after the wet season starts in September.
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