PureScience: East Africa begins mass vaccination as wild polio reemerges after 30 years

After three decades free of wild polio, the continent of Africa is host to it once again after a 4 year old girl was found infected in Malawi last month. Wild polio today exists only in Afghanistan and likely Pakistan. ThePrint’s Sandhya Ramesh explains the implications of polio in Malawi and the response of East African nations. Brought to you by  @Kia India  ----more----Subscribe to the Pure Science Telegram Channel https://t.me/PureScienceWithSandhyaRamesh----more----Supplementary reading: Malawi, neighbors to begin mass vaccination campaigns against polio https://www.statnews.com/2022/03/17/malawi-to-begin-mass-vaccination-campaign-against-polio-in-east-africa/