ECDC respond to the statement of the seventeenth IHR emergency committee regarding the international spread of poliovirus

The seventeenth meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR), regarding the international spread of poliovirus, took place in April 2018 (see current note 52/1907).

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) issued a response on 26 June 2018, stating that the conclusions of the IHR Emergency Committee do not change their risk assessment for Europe.

Source: ECDC, 26 June 2018