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Poliovirus detected in 7 Pakistani cities after testing sewage samples
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 2 (ANI): Pakistan Federal authorities on Tuesday confirmed that poliovirus was detected in seven cities in several provinces of the country after testing environmental samples from various cities.
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Pakistan: 13th case of polio virus detected in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2022
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 23 (ANI): An 18-month-old was paralyzed by wild poliovirus in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province (KP), the National Institute of Health confirmed on Friday.
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3 killed in attack on polio team in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 28 (ANI): Two policemen and a polio worker were killed in an attack in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday, media reports citing police sources reported.
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Two more polio cases detected in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 28 (ANI): Two more polio were reported in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan, taking the total to six in the country this year.
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Pak reports another polio case
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 29 (ANI): Pakistan reported a second polio case as a two-year-old girl was found affected by the virus in North Waziristan, local media reported on Friday.
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Shehbaz Sharif convenes emergency meeting after polio case re-emerges in P
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 24 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday convened a meeting of the National Task Force on Polio after the first case of the viral disease was detected in 15 months.
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Pakistan detects first polio case in 15 months: Report
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 23 (ANI): Pakistan detected country's first case of polio after over a year, with the paralysis of a 15-month-old boy in the country's North Waziristan area, according to reports citing authorities.
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Imran Khan govt fought Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan in past, will do it futu
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 13 (ANI): After the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan announced the end of a ceasefire with the Imran Khan government last week, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry has said that those who were not willing to comply, the state fought them
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Pakistan cop guarding polio team killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Tank [Pakistan], December 12 (ANI): A security personnel guarding the polio vaccination team in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was killed during an armed attack on the team on Sunday, reported local media.
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Another police officer on polio duty shot dead in Pak's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], August 3 (ANI): A police officer assigned to protect a polio vaccination team was shot dead by gunmen in Dera Ismail Khan city of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
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Almost 40 million children in Pakistan did not receive polio vaccinations:
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 2 (ANI): The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has said in an annual report that almost 40 million children in Pakistan did not receive polio vaccinations between April and June amid the COVID-19 outbreak, when all polio campaigns were suspended.
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Thousands of 'invisible children' in Pakistan still susceptible to polio:
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 12 (ANI): George Laryea-Adjei, the Regional Director of United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has said there are still hundreds of thousands of 'invisible children' who are susceptible to polio and must be vaccinated.
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