Vaccinators outside an informal tented settlement in Deir Ez-Zor administering polio vaccine to children, as part of the campaign. Photo: WHO

Situation update 31 July 2018

• No new cases of cVDPV2 have been reported in 2018. The total number of cVDPV2 cases remains 74. 
• Efforts to enhance surveillance for polioviruses continue. A new environmental surveillance site has been established in Mayadeen district of Deir Ez-Zor governorate, the epicenter of the outbreak. This takes the total number of environmental surveillance sites in Syria to 11. 
• Efforts to strengthen the Expanded Programme on Immunization to maintain high population immunity are ongoing. 86 routine immunization fixed centers in Idleb, Hama and Aleppo governorates have been restored. 

Syria cVDPV2 outbreak situation report 41, 31 July 2018

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2018

Syria cVDPV2 outbreak situation report 40, 30 June 2018

Syria cVDPV2 outbreak situation report 39, 31 May 2018

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2017

Syria cVDPV2 outbreak situation report 27, 19 December 2017

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Syria cVDPV2 outbreak situation report 20, 31 October 2017

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Syria cVDPV2 outbreak situation report 15, 26 September 2017

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Syria cVDPV2 outbreak situation report 3, 4 July 2017

Syria cVDPV2 outbreak situation report 2, 27 June 2017

Syria cVDPV2 outbreak situation report 1, 19 June 2017

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