Chad, Ethiopia, and Nigeria all reported new cases of vaccine-derived polio.
UK health officials also note a type 2 vaccine-derived poliovirus–positive environmental sample.
Pakistan has 3 new wild poliovirus type 1 infections, while the DR Congo and South Sudan report more vaccine-derived cases.
The FDA upgraded a voluntary recall of organic, pasture-raised eggs sold by Costco stores to Class I, the agency's highest risk level, over Salmonella concerns.
Two African countries reported more circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 cases.
Five European countries have now detected poliovirus in wastewater over the past few months.
The WHO said the increasing XEC COVID-19 variant isn't likely to burden healthcare systems as much as earlier variants.
The European region has been free of polio since 2002.
Nigeria reported a single case of cVDPV2 in September and now has 81 cases for the year.
The current vaccination rate in 3-year-olds is 86%, below the 95% level needed to prevent the spread of the virus.
