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Four new polio cases detected in Pakistan, tally rises to 37
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The four new cases have taken the tally of polio cases in Pakistan to 37 so far.
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Pakistan: Polio vaccination team assaulted, belongings stolen in Rawalpind
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
A female polio vaccination team from the Punjab health department was reportedly assaulted and had their belongings stolen, including polio vaccines and cash, by a group of employees from the Cantonment Board Chaklala.
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Pakistan: Islamabad reports first Polio case in 16 Years, triggers alarm
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Pakistan has reported its first polio case in Islamabad in 16 years, raising the total for 2024 to 17. The case, detected in Union Council Rural 4, marks the city's first since 2008. Environmental samples from 64 districts, including Islamabad and Rawalpindi, have tested positive for wild po
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Pak: Poliovirus detected in sewage samples from 3 districts in Sindh, Balo
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The Pakistan Polio Programme has conducted four polio vaccination campaigns this year, including two nationwide campaigns that reached over 43 million children under the age of five in January and February.
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Pak: More poliovirus detected in sewage samples from Quetta, concerns rise
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
According to Regional Reference Lab for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health, these samples were genetically linked to the imported YB3A cluster of the virus, which is prevalent in Afghanistan.
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Pakistan: 28 sewage samples test positive for wild poliovirus
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
As many as 28 environmental samples collected from Pakistan's 19 districts in January and two collected from Quetta and Khuzdar in December have tested positive for wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1), Dawn reported.
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Pakistan: Poliovirus reported in two more environmental samples
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Poliovirus has been reported in more environmental samples collected in Karachi and Chaman, ARY News reported.
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Pakistan: Poliovirus samples collected from Peshawar, Dera Bugti test posi
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The environmental samples collected from Pakistan's Peshawar city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and Dera Bugti district in Balochistan have been tested positive for wild poliovirus
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Pakistan: Polio virus detected in environmental samples from Karachi, Pesh
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Four environmental samples from Peshawar and Karachi have tested positive for wild poliovirus 1 (WPV1), ARY News reported on Thursday quoting a health department official.
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WHO extends travel restrictions on Pakistan for another 3 months
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The decision was made during a meeting of the World Health Organisation (WHO)-convened Emergency Committee for the 2005 International Health Regulations, which monitors the spread of the poliovirus worldwide.
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Pakistan reports first polio case of 2023
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The case has been reported at a time when delegations of the French Agency for Development (FAD) and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) are in the country to analyse efforts to eradicate the disease.
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Pakistan: This year's 15th case of wild poliovirus detected in North Wazir
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 28 (ANI): A 17-month-old boy from the North Waziristan tribal district of Pakistan contracted the wild poliovirus disease, the National Institute of Health (NIH) said on Saturday.
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