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2019–2021 polio outbreak in the Philippines

The 2019–2021 polio outbreak in the Philippines was an epidemic. For the previous 19 years, the Philippines was free of any polio-related diseases. On September 14, 2019, the disease began to resurface through a positive test result done to a 3-year-old girl from Mindanao. After the confirmation of a second case from tests done on a 5-year-old boy, the government of the Philippines publicly declared a polio outbreak on September 19, 2019. On June 11, 2021, the WHO announced that the outbreak has ended. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the Philippines eradicated polio in 2000.

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• ▸Githinji Gitahi
• ▸Gilead station
• ▸Brachytherapy

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