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WHO congratulates South East Asia for its polio eradication achievements o
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Saima Wazed, World Health Organisation's (WHO) Regional Director for South-East Asia, on Thursday congratulated the region for achieving and maintaining a decade of polio-free status on World Polio Day celebrated today.
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Pakistan: Authorities alarmed as Poliovirus spreads rapidly in Karachi
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Authorities have been alarmed in the Karachi district of Sindh after the Ministry of Health on Thursday confirmed that the polio virus has been found in the environmental sample there, ARY News reported.
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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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Pakistan: This year's 15th case of wild poliovirus detected in North Wazir
Updated : 3 years, 6 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, 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, 7 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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Claims of poliovirus detected in Kolkata sewage sample not true: Official
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): Government officials on Wednesday refuted media reports that claimed the presence of vaccine-derived poliovirus in the sample of sewage waters in Kolkata.
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WHO pledges full support as Tanzania launches vaccination against polio
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Dar es Salaam [Tanzania], May 18 (ANI): The World Health Organisation extended its support to Tanzania in organizing polio campaigns, after Tanzania launched its second round of vaccination against polio on Wednesday to curb the outbreak of the virus in the country.
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Pakistan: 5 children tested positive for polio, total 58 affected this yea
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Aug 26 (ANI): At least five more children were tested positive for poliovirus in Pakistan on Sunday.
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