JAKARTA: Minister of Health Siti Fadilah Supari confirmed on Thursday that two more cases of polio were discovered in Sukabumi regency, West Java, sparking fears of a serious outbreak of the crippling virus in the country. The new cases bring the number of known polio sufferers in the regency to six.
“As of today, there are six confirmed polio cases in Sukabumi,” she said.
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