Mass vaccination campaign underway after 11 polio cases detected in Indonesia's East Java province

ABC NEWS (Australia) 2024-01-21

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Indonesia has declared an extraordinary health alert after a polio outbreak on its densely populated island of java. The country was supposed to be free of the disease a decade ago, but health workers are now scrambling to prevent it spreading.

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