US embassy cable - 05SANAA1508

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YEMEN POLIO UPDATE: 179 CASES, "A MAJOR EPIDEMIC," SAYS WHO

Identifier: 05SANAA1508
Wikileaks: View 05SANAA1508 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Sanaa
Created: 2005-06-04 12:39:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: TBIO AMED
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

UNCLAS SANAA 001508 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: TBIO, AMED 
SUBJECT: YEMEN POLIO UPDATE: 179 CASES, "A MAJOR EPIDEMIC," 
SAYS WHO 
 
REF: SANAA 1304 
 
On May 31 UN officials announced that the number of polio 
cases in Yemen has risen to 179, including 71 new cases in 
less than a week.  A vaccination campaign was launched on May 
30 and should bring the outbreak under control, says the UN. 
Dr. David Heyman, the World Health Organization's polio 
chief, said the agency had anticipated a jump in cases.  The 
WHO called the Yemen outbreak a major epidemic on May 25, 
when it said the number of polio cases had risen to 108.  It 
is investigating hundreds of more suspected cases. 
Krajeski 

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