WHO confirms that a child aged four years and another of 10 months are paralysed after contracting diseaseTwo children in Ukraine have been paralysed after contracting polio – the first time the disease has been seen in Europe since 2010.Confirming the cases in a child of four years and one aged 10 months in Zakarpatskaya oblast, south-western Ukraine, the World Health Organisation’s European regional office said it had happened because immunisation rates in the country were extremely low. Related: Ukrainian guardsman killed in protests against vote on rebel autonomy Related: Ukrainian guardsman killed in protests against vote on rebel …read more
Source: The Guardian
