EFTA Document EFTA01949638

To: [email protected][[email protected]] From: Terje Rod-Larsen Sent: Tue 10/29/2013 10:25:04 AM Subject: Fw: Reuters — Polio outbreak confirmed in northeast Syria, WHO says From: Douglas T. Coffman [mailto: Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 01:04 PM Subject: Reuters -- Polio outbreak confirmed in northeast Syria, WHO says 10/29/2013 06:01:50 Polio outbreak confirmed in northeast Syria, WHO says Source: Reuters World Service Date: October 29, 2013 GENEVA, Oct 29 (Reuters) - A polio outbreak has been confirmed among young children in northeast Syria, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday. "Out of those 22 being investigated, 10 are now confirmed to be polio type one," WHO spokesman Oliver Rosenbauer told a news briefing in Geneva. Laboratory results were still being awaited on the remaining 12 suspected cases in Deir al-Zor, he said. "Of course this is a communicable disease, with population movements it can travel to other areas. So the risk is high for (its) spread across the region," Rosenbauer said. EFTA_R1_00414972 EFTA01949638