Angola discovers first polio case in four years

The UN health agency said today that a case of polio has been found in Angola, the first discovered in the country in four years.

The UN health agency said today that a case of polio has been found in Angola, the first discovered in the country in four years.

“It’s a polio case genetically linked to a virus circulating in India,” Oliver Rosenbauer, spokesman for the World Health Organisation’spolio eradication initiative said.

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