LAGOS, NIGERIA — The World Health Organization has confirmed a third
case of polio in Nigeria, Rotary Club said Monday: a crippled toddler
found in an area newly liberated from Boko Haram Islamic extremists. The
West African nation that once was the global epicenter of the wild
polio virus had been declared polio-free last year, along with the
African continent. But two cases were discovered last month among
refugees from areas recently won back by Nigeria's military from Boko
Haram. More cases are expected to be discovered in these areas. It is an
indicator that Nigeria's war on polio cannot be won until it overcomes
the insurgency by extremists who are violently opposed to Western
medicine
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