Poliovirus near extinction in Pakistan, Afghanistan, health experts say
Voice of America
FILE - A health worker administers polio vaccine to a child in a neighborhood of Lahore, Pakistan, Nov. 27, 2023. Pakistan and Afghanistan are the last two countries where the virus continues to paralyze children.
Global eradication efforts have "cornered” polio in a “few pockets” of Pakistan and Afghanistan, the last two countries where the virus continues to paralyze children.
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