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| | Polio outbreak in Yemen grows to 22 cases, UN health agency says (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | Yemen, polio-free since 1996, now has an outbreak of 22 confirmed cases, and low immunization rates among the children of the Red Sea country may help the spread of the paralyzing virus, the United Nations public health agency said today. |
 | | The latest 18 cases occurred across five governorates throughout Yemen, including in two districts in the country’s capital, Sanaa, and suggesting that the virus had spread across the country,” the World Health Organization (WHO) said. |
 | | Yemen has been considered at high risk of a polio outbreak since resurgent polio spread to Sudan, with Nigeria accounting for about 60 per cent of the worldwide toll. |
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