The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) reported this week the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) recently confirmed ten new cases of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 1 (cVDPV1).
As of August 2, 2023, there are now 46 cases reported so far this year. There were 146 cases in 2022.
Additionally, the DRC reported four new cases involving circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2).
There are now 61 cases so far this year and 367 cases reported in 2022.
In response to this polio outbreak, the U.S. CDC included the DRC in its Level 2 – Practice Enhanced Precautions, Global Polio Travel Health Notice.
The CDC said on July 28, 2023, adults who previously completed the full, routine polio vaccine series may receive a single, lifetime booster dose of an IPV polio vaccine before traveling to any of these 30 destinations.
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