Afghanistan reports 2 wild poliovirus type 1 cases, and 3 African nations confirm more vaccine-derived cases.
Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, and Somalia all report new cases.
The Democratic Republic of Congo and Madagascar both reported more cases involving circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses.
Also, the WHO posted updates on circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 cases in Burundi and Indonesia.
Benin and the Democratic Republic of the Congo reported more polio cases this week.
Peru has identified another paralysis case in a child and is awaiting test results for that patient as well as asymptomatic contacts of the first case.
All of the cases involved vaccine-derived polio strains.
In other developments, Pakistan reported its first WPV1 case of the year, and the DRC and Indonesia reported more vaccine-derived cases.
Six children in the DR Congo and 3 in Burundi have polio cases linked to the novel oral polio vaccine type 2.
Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Madagascar, and Nigeria all have new cases, and the GPEI confirms the earlier-reported case in Israel.
