The number of suspected or probable fungal meningitis infections tied to contaminated spinal anesthesia products from Mexico has risen to 18 in the US.
Afghanistan reports 2 wild poliovirus type 1 cases, and 3 African nations confirm more vaccine-derived cases.
Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, and Somalia all report new cases.
The Democratic Republic of Congo and Madagascar both reported more cases involving circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses.
Also, the WHO posted updates on circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 cases in Burundi and Indonesia.
Benin and the Democratic Republic of the Congo reported more polio cases this week.
Peru has identified another paralysis case in a child and is awaiting test results for that patient as well as asymptomatic contacts of the first case.
All of the cases involved vaccine-derived polio strains.
In other developments, Pakistan reported its first WPV1 case of the year, and the DRC and Indonesia reported more vaccine-derived cases.
Six children in the DR Congo and 3 in Burundi have polio cases linked to the novel oral polio vaccine type 2.