Syria hit by polio outbreak, UN confirms

Tuesday, October 29, 2013 - 08:30 in Health & Medicine

The UN's health agency says it has confirmed 10 polio cases in northeast Syria, the first confirmed outbreak of the diseases in the country in 14 years, with a risk of spreading across the region.

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