JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Malawi's health authorities have declared a polio outbreak after a case was detected in a young child in the capital Lilongwe, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
This is the first case of wild poliovirus in Africa in more than five years, the WHO said in a statement.
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