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Burundi declares polio emergency

A community health worker administers a polio vaccine during a polio immunization campaign in Kenya. [AFP]

Burundi has declared a national public health emergency after polio was detected in a 4-year-old and two other children who had been in contact with the child.

The polio outbreak is Burundi's first in more than 30 years.

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