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polio history 8 New Polio Cases Confirmed During 2019 - PrecisionVaccinations First polio case of year in Sindh emerges in Lyari - Pakistan - ReliefWeb Man at center of 1950 Wythe County polio epidemic dies - Roanoke Times 8 New Polio Cases Confirmed During 2019 - PrecisionVaccinations Posted: 30 Mar 2019 06:09 AM PDT The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) weekly report noted 8 new polio cases have been confirmed during 2019. The March 27th GPEI report confirmed polio cases in Pakistan (2) involving wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1), and in Nigeria (2) involving circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2). Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General and Chair of the Polio Oversight Board, said in a press release that he 'urged everyone involved in the GPEI to ensure polio will finally be assigned to the history books by 2023.' Polio is caused by th...