Experts Call for Australia-Wide Polio Testing

Experts Call for Australia-Wide Polio Testing
A polio virus particle in a 2014 illustration photo. Sarah Poser, Meredith Boyter Newlove/CDC via AP
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There is a fresh call for Australia to create a national polio surveillance network as Victoria increases its wastewater testing.

UNICEF Australia’s senior vaccine advisor Chris Maher says the building blocks for a national program are already in place.