Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Madagascar, and Nigeria all have new cases, and the GPEI confirms the earlier-reported case in Israel.
Israel's health ministry recently reported an illness in an unvaccinated 8-year-girl from Safed.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Yemen, Mozambique, and Madagascar all recorded new cases.
Four countries confirmed more cases this week, all involving circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus, including 30 new cases in DR Congo.
Nigeria is seeing a Lassa fever spike, Paraguay reports its first local measles case since 1998, and 5 nations have new polio cases.
In the lab breach, virus was detected in a sewage sample and was genetically similar to vaccine stocks used at the facility, then a lab worker tested positive.
The state will launch a pilot program to test wastewater for flu, hepatitis A, norovirus, and antimicrobial-resistance genes.
Virus found in Canadian wastewater samples is linked to a polio case and environmental samples identified last summer in New York.
Also, the WHO provides more details about Sudan's first cVDPV2 case of 2022, which was confirmed in late December.
Coverage with state-required vaccines fell to 93% among kindergartners during the 2021-21 school year, down 2 percentage points from 2019-20.