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Malaysia records first polio case
December 11 , 2019
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- Malaysia has reported the first case of Polio in 27 years, when a three-month-old Malaysian infant boy was diagnosed with polio.
- The last polio case in Malaysia occurred in 1992.
- The country was declared polio-free after 2000.
- In this recent case, the child was confirmed to be infected with vaccine-derived poliovirus Type 1 (VDPV1).
- VDPV1 is classified as a Circulating Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus (cVDPV) Type 1.
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