New polio cases found due to pause in immunisation during COVID-19 time, says expert from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

“The finding of the poliovirus was also a reminder that if it exists anywhere in the world, it remains a threat everywhere,” said Dr. Ananda Sankar Bandyopadhyay, Deputy Director of Technology, Research and Analytics at the Foundation’s Polio Team.

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