Syria: World Health Organisation

World Health Organisation: GENEVA - Polio has broken out among young children in northeast Syria, the World Health Organisation WHO confirmed on Tuesday, and could spread inside and outside the country, where civil war has led to falling vaccination rates. , according to Reuters. Twenty-two children in Deir al-Zor province bordering Iraq became paralyzed on October 17 and WHO's regional laboratory in Tunis has isolated the wild polio virus in samples taken from 10 victims. Results on the other 12 are expected within days. By Stephanie Nebehay Polio, a crippling disease caused by a virus transmitted via contaminated food and water, can spread rapidly among children under five, especially in the kind of unsanitary conditions endured by the displaced in Syria or crowded refugee camps in neighboring countries. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.