One more polio case detected in Sandakan, total now 4

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One more polio case detected in Sandakan, total now 4

Published on: Tuesday, March 10, 2020

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One more polio case detected in Sandakan, total now 4

A child receives a polio vaccine during a Dec 12, 2019 campaign in Tuaran spurred by the detection of Malaysia's first polio case in 27 years in the district (Photo: Daily Express).

Kota Kinabalu: Another polio case was detected in Sandakan, involving a non-citizen and bringing the total number of cases in Sabah to four, it has been announced.

The three-year-old boy has never been vaccinated against polio, said the Ministry of Health on Twitter Tuesday.

The three previous cases involved a three-month-old baby in Tuaran, an eight-year-old in Sandakan and an 11-year-old in Kinabatangan.

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Only the Tuaran case is still being treated at hospital, said the Ministry.