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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Charles Pensulo in Lilongwe

Polio scare hits Malawi with 17 possible cases, just as huge vaccine drive ends

One more child gets the lifesaving jab as part of the  mass vaccination programme in Malawi.
A child gets the lifesaving jab as part of the mass vaccination programme in Malawi. Photograph: Unicef & US CDC

Malawi is investigating at least 17 suspected polio cases just as a vaccination campaign is completed with more than 90% of the country’s children inoculated against the virus.

Health authorities fear Cyclone Freddy – the world’s longest-lasting tropical cyclone – which made landfall in March in the southern African nation and led to hundreds of deaths and thousands of displacements – could be a contributing factor.

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