Epidemic

2019–20 Philippines polio outbreak

2019 – 2020 · 12.00° N, 123.00° E

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When
2019 – 2020
Kind
Epidemic
Coordinates
12.00° N, 123.00° E
Description
disease outbreak in the Philippines
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2019–2021 polio outbreak in the Philippines

Disease outbreak in the Philippines

The 2019–2021 polio outbreak in the Philippines was an epidemic. For the previous 19 years, the Philippines was free of any polio-related diseases. On September 14, 2019, the disease began to resurface through a positive test result done to a 3-year-old girl from Mindanao.

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