In subsequent testing, two children in Lae were found to have the poliovirus type 2 strain, according to the WHO representative in Papua New Guinea, Sevil Huseynova. The confirmation of community ...

A polio outbreak has been declared in Papua New Guinea, sparking concern about the disease’s spread in a country with low vaccination rates, health officials said. Poliovirus, most often spread ...

Environmental samples collected in Papua New Guinea’s two largest cities, Port Moresby and Lae, have detected type 2 poliomyelitis through wastewater testing in their sewage systems and ...

May 16 (UPI) --The Papua New Guinea National Department of Health announced ... in wastewater samples and in two healthy children in Lae, Morobe Province." The World Health Organization has ...

Papua New Guinea is experiencing a polio outbreak that ... Sewage testing confirmed the virus was circulating in Lae, its second-largest city. Polio is a highly infectious disease that mostly ...

Less than half of the country's population are immunised against polio, a highly infectious disease The World Health Organisation has declared a polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea and called for ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed on Thursday that polio was detected in Papua New Guinea (PNG) from a wastewater sample in the city of Lae and an environmental sample in the nation's ...

The World Health Organisation has declared a polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea and called for an "immediate ... children during a routine screening in Lae, a coastal city in the country's ...

Papua New Guinea has raised the alarm over a polio outbreak in Port Moresby and Lae after samples of the virus were found in wastewater and cases confirmed in two healthy children. The PNG ...