Six More Polio Cases Detected, WHO Says
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Six more polio cases have been detected in Indonesia, bringing the total to 14, the World Health Organization said.
Three of the cases came from the same district in West Java province, where the first case was detected in April, it said. The three others came from two neighboring districts.
A 20-month-old girl was diagnosed with polio on April 21, the first case of the crippling disease in the country since 1995. Authorities say she came in contact with a migrant worker or tourist who had contracted the illness outside the country.
Government health workers are doing house-to-house vaccinations and hope to inoculate 5.2 million children by June 28.
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