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JUST IN: Third case of polio since disease resurgence in PHL recorded in Maguindanao

(Eagle News) — A third case of polio since over a decade has been recorded in the Philippines. The Department of Health said the case involved a four-year-old female from Datu Piang, Maguindanao who did not receive any dose of the oral polio vaccine. The DOH said the case was initially reported as a case of acute flaccid paralysis after consultation at the Cotabato Regional Medical Center. In September, the DOH declared a polio outbreak […]