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

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Polio scare hits malawi with 17 possible cases just as huge vaccine drive ends - Caught on Camera

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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