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Pakistan: Man held for confining polio worker in Karachi
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The conflict began when a polio worker entered the building to administer vaccines. The resident, identified as a mobile market trader, and his family refused to comply with the vaccination efforts and allegedly forcibly confined the polio worker to a room within the flat.
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Pakistan: Polio cases reported from 8 districts
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The polio cases have been rapidly increasing in Pakistan, causing a health hazard with confirmation of cases in eight districts, ARY News reported.
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In 2024, tally of polio cases in Pakistan nears 60
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Pakistan has reported three new polio cases, bringing the total to 59 for the year, according to the National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC). The cases were recorded in Dera Ismail Khan, Kemari, and Kashmore, with all children testing positive for Wild Polio Virus Type 1. Balochistan rem
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Pakistan: 7th polio case in Dera Ismail Khan, country's total tally rises
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
A seventh polio case was reported in Dera Ismail Khan district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, taking the total tally to 56 for the current year on Wednesday, Dawn reported.
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Pakistan: Three more polio cases takes count to 55 this year
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
According to the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) of Pakistan, three new cases were reported from Dera Ismail Khan in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, and Zhob and Jaffarabad in Balochistan, the report said.
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Pakistan: Two new cases of polio this week takes annual count to 52
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
The National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) of Pakistan has declared two polio new cases in Sindh province, taking the annual tally to 52 polio cases across Pakistan in 2024. The cases were reported in Dera Ismail Khan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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Pakistan reports 49th polio case in Balochistan
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
The latest case, detected in Jaffarabad, Balochistan, marks the district's first confirmed polio infection, underscoring the virus's ongoing spread across the country, health authorities announced on Thursday, as per Geo News.
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Pakistan: 47th polio case in Sindh raises health concerns
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
The statement said on Friday that the lab confirmed the detection of WPV1 in a male child from Ghotki, adding that it was the first polio case from the district
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Pakistan's polio tally reaches 43 with latest case in Balochistan
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Pakistan has reported a new polio case in Balochistan's Chagai district, raising the country's total number of cases this year to 43, as per data from the Pakistan Polio Eradication Programme.
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Pakistan reports 41st polio case of 2024
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The Pakistani government, in its bid to tackle the virus's spread, will start a nationwide anti-polio vaccine campaign on October 28.
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Pakistan reports 40th polio case this year, nationwide vaccination drive t
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Pakistan has reported its 40th polio case this year, with a child from Kohat district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa contracting the Type-I of the poliovirus, according to a report by ARY News, citing National Institutes of Health (NIH) sources.
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Pakistan: Amid rising polio cases, CM Maryam Nawaz Sharif vows to eradicat
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
To eradicate polio from the province, Maryam Nawaz has directed authorities to launch vaccination campaigns at all entry points in Punjab.
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