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singingbiscuit Donating Member (103 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-11 11:02 PM
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Polio strain spreads to China from Pakistan
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Source: BBC


Polio has spread to China for the first time since 1999 after being imported from Pakistan, the World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed.

It said a strain of polio (WPV1) found in China was genetically linked with the type now circulating in Pakistan.

At least seven cases have now been confirmed in China's western Xinjiang province, which borders Pakistan.

The WHO warned there was a high risk of the crippling virus spreading further during Muslim pilgrimages to Mecca.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14997307
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