Health worker in Pakistan giving polio drops to a child.— Reuters/File Four cases tested positive in Karachi, two in Chaman. One case detected from Peshawar, Kohat, Nowshera. Number of positive environmental samples rise to 64. KARACHI: About nine environmental samples, collected from five cities including Karachi in October, have tested positive for poliovirus, raising the …
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Poliovirus rapidly spreading in Karachi
A health worker administers polio vaccine drops to a child during a polio vaccination campaign at a slum area in Lahore, Pakistan, on August 2, 2021. — AFP Sample detected in Karachi’sRashid Minhas Road area. This is the 6th positive sample from District East. Number of human polio cases in 2023 remains four. ISLAMABAD: Anotherenvironmental …
Third poliovirus case detected in Bannu toddler
Health worker in Pakistan gives polio drops to a child. — Reuters Toddler from Bannu is 1.5 years old. Total 3 cases emerge this year in Pakistan. All cases have been detected in Bannu district. A new poliovirus case has been reported in the Ghora Bakka Khel union council of Bannu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, bringing …
Third poliovirus case detected in Bannu toddler
Health worker in Pakistan gives polio drops to a child. — Reuters Toddler from Bannu is 1.5 years old. Total 3 cases emerge this year in Pakistan. All cases have been detected in Bannu district. A new poliovirus case has been reported in the Ghora Bakka Khel union council of Bannu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, bringing …
Third poliovirus case emerges in Pakistan this year
A health worker administers polio vaccine drops to a child during a polio vaccination campaign at a slum area in Lahore, Pakistan, on August 2, 2021. — AFP Another case of poliovirus was reported in the Ghora Bakka Khel union council of district Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, taking the tally to three this year. The case …