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Malawi has declared a wild polio outbreak the first of its kind in Africa for more than five years.
According to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, the case was confirmed after tests were carried out on samples from the infected child who was suffering from paralysis.
Malawian authorities are now working to contain any possible spread including by boosting immunization.
The strain that was identified in Malawi was linked to one found in Pakistan, but it is not clear how or when it arrived in the southern African country.
