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Berit Uhlmann
Until recently, the situation seemed very encouraging. In the middle of the first sad year of the corona pandemic, health experts were able to celebrate the great success of having banned polio from all of Africa. Last year it was polio again that gave reason for optimism: Six more cases of the condition, also known as poliomyelitis, or polio for short, were registered worldwide. The goal of global extinction was closer than ever.