The Regional Subcommittee on Polio Eradication and Outbreaks declared on February 9, 2022, the constant circulation of any strain of poliovirus to be a regional public health emergency.
The spread of polio in the Eastern Mediterranean and African Regions is a pressing health emergency.
Outbreaks of circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses type 1 (cVDPV1) and type 2 (cVDPV2) continued to spread in the Region in 2021.
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