Source: Global Polio Eradication Initiative
Country: Afghanistan, Nigeria, Pakistan
Summary of newly-reported viruses this week (see country-specific section below for further details): Pakistan: one circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) isolated from an acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) case; three positive environmental samples (two wild poliovirus type 1 – WPV1, and one cVDPV2).
New this week: How robots are helping to end polio – automated machines at CDC are increasing the number of samples tested for polio.
