Mozambique: Public Health Emergency Declared Over Polio

Maputo — The Mozambican health authorities on Wednesday declared a public health emergency following the confirmation of a case of wild polio virus (PVS1).

This case was confirmed on 14 May in a child in Changara district, in the western province of Tete.

“Faced with this situation, and as international health regulations recommend, we must declare a public health emergency, and strengthen measures of surveillance, and vaccination against polio”, declared the National Director of Public Health,…