The Democratic Republic of the Congo now has 135 vaccine-derived polio cases in 2023.
"Many countries have weak immunization systems that were further impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic but are gradually recovering."
All new cases involve vaccine-derived strains, including the first of the year in Burundi and Guinea.
Pakistan has its second wild poliovirus type 1 case of the year, 4 countries report rising mpox, and the WHO has new resources.
Nigeria also reported a new case of vaccine-derived polio this week, and three other countries reported positive environmental samples.
Of positive flu samples at national labs, 68.5% were influenza, and of subtyped samples, 66.2% were the 2009 H1N1 virus.
Twelve fur farms in Finland have now been affected by H5N1 avian flu outbreaks.
The WHO reports 316 new mpox cases and 2 new deaths, and the UK warns about a rise in measles transmission.
The Florida Department of Health reported 2 more local malaria infections, raising its total to 6.
The mosquitoes that tested positive were from the same woodland area in Sarasota County, where infections were confirmed in four people.
