New polio cases in Afghanistan as coronavirus halts immunization

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New polio cases in Afghanistan as coronavirus halts immunization
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The polio virus has spread to 3 provinces that had not reported cases for up to 5 years.

IMMUNIZATION. A Pakistani health worker administers polio vaccine drops to an Afghan refugee child during a polio vaccination campaign in Lahore in 2019. File photo by Arif Ali/AFP

The UN children's agency UNICEF said last month that polio eradication drives had been suspended in dozens of countries, while measles vaccination campaigns were also put on hold in 27 nations. The Taliban continues to ban authorities from conducting house-to-house campaigns – the most effective way to fight the virus – in areas it controls, he added.

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