The first case of wild polio in Africa in several years has startled health authorities in the landlocked African country of Malawi. The wild type 1 poliovirus was discovered in a child in the city of Lilongwe, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Friday. This is the first wild polio outbreak on the continent since 2016. Laboratory tests had shown that the virus had apparently been brought in from Pakistan’s Sindh province, as it resembles the type there. Malawian Health Minister Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda, however, did not want to specify the country of origin of the virus to dpa. …