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Pakistan: Two new cases of polio this week takes annual count to 52
Updated : 1 year, 6 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: Amid rising polio cases, CM Maryam Nawaz Sharif vows to eradicat
Updated : 1 year, 7 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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Pak: 2 more polio cases take countrywide toll to 39
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Two new polio cases have been reported from the Sanghar and Mirpur Khas districts of Sindh province
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Four new polio cases detected in Pakistan, tally rises to 37
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The four new cases have taken the tally of polio cases in Pakistan to 37 so far.
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Polio cases rise in Pakistan, Afghanistan
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Polio cases have seen a sudden spike in Pakistan and Afghanistan, endangering global efforts to eradicate the disease.
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Pakistan: Islamabad reports first Polio case in 16 Years, triggers alarm
Updated : 1 year, 8 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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Pakistan: 28 sewage samples test positive for wild poliovirus
Updated : 2 years, 3 months 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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90 pc polio cases in Pakistan 'imported' from Afghanistan: Interim Health
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Pakistan Interim Health Minister Nadeem Jan has said that 90 per cent of polio cases in Pakistan have been "imported from Afghanistan", Dawn reported.
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Afghanistan: Fifth Polio case of 2023 reported in Nangarhar
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
According to the chief of the UNICEF Polio Eradication Programme in Afghanistan's communications department, Kamal Shah Sayed, the fifth polio case has been reported in the Nangarhar province's Dur Baba region.
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Pakistan: This year's 15th case of wild poliovirus detected in North Wazir
Updated : 3 years, 8 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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Poliovirus detected in 7 Pakistani cities after testing sewage samples
Updated : 3 years, 9 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, 10 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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