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UAE must watch polio

  • United Arab Emirates: Monday, December 10 - 2007 at 07:43

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned the UAE to stay on its guard against polio despite the fact there hasn't been a reported case in the country since 1992, according to Gulf News. The WHO said the large influx of migrant workers, many from polio-endemic nations, meant the UAE's system for detecting and controlling the disease needed to be effective and monitored. Several nations, including Yemen, had experienced re-infection.

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