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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, 2 months ago IST
Poliovirus has been reported in more environmental samples collected in Karachi and Chaman, ARY News reported.
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Rising polio risk in Afghanistan as migrants return from Pakistan, warns W
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that the recent increase in the number of Afghan returnees from Pakistan, significantly increases the risk of cross-border poliovirus spread, Khaama Press reported.
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Khelo India Para Games: Kolhapur's medalist Swaroop recalls battling strug
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Born with severe polio leading to disability in both legs, Swaroop has been a fighter ever since he was born. Between the age of 2 months and 10 years, he had to undergo multiple operations because of his severe condition.
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Pakistan reports another Polio case in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Pakistan has reported another case of POlio after a nine-month-old child in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Orakzai area became the latest victim of the paralysing disease, ARY News reported on Saturday.
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WHO warns of disease outbreak risk among returnees from Pakistan
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that it needs USD 10 million to provide essential healthcare services to 7,00,000 migrants and refugees who have entered Afghanistan from Pakistan, Khaama Press reported.
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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: Four samples collected from four cities tests positive for Wild
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The four environmental samples collected from four different cities of Pakistan have tested positive for Wild Poliovirus 1 (WPV1), ARY News reported on Thursday quoting a health department official.
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90 pc polio cases in Pakistan 'imported' from Afghanistan: Interim Health
Updated : 2 years, 5 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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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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Egypt makes polio vaccination certificate mandatory for travellers from Pa
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
As per the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), passengers travelling to Egypt from Pakistan, Afghanistan, Malawi, Mozambique and Congo are requested to provide an international certificate of vaccination specifically polio vaccine, OPV or IPV.
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Immunisation campaign against polio launched in 24 Afghan provinces
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
A vaccination campaign against polio was launched across 24 provinces of Afghanistan on Monday, Khaama Press reported, adding that the disease remains a public health concern for the country.
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