In recent developments, two German doctors have confirmed a contagion in poliovirus in Syria (a virus that was presumed to be irradicated from the nation in 1999).

The threat is real and has the potential to spread rapidly and would take a year to detect and quarantine. The outbreak has thus far affected a majority of children, and specialists from the World Health Organization believe that the movement of refugees is the most compelling cause for proliferation of the poliovirus. 322 cases of infection have been detected globally thus far, more than half emerging from Somalia.

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