60 cases of polio in the past three weeks [Archives:2005/841/Local News]

Health authorities in Yemen have reported more than 60 cases of polio in the past three weeks, raising fears of a major epidemic in one of the poorest countries on the planet.

Forty children suffering the crippling disease have been hospitalized in the eastern province of Al-Hudaidah, a medical source said Monday, adding to 22 confirmed cases reported in two other provinces at the end of April.
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