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Pakistan reports 40th polio case this year, nationwide vaccination drive t
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Pakistan has reported its 40th polio case this year, with a child from Kohat district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa contracting the Type-I of the poliovirus, according to a report by ARY News, citing National Institutes of Health (NIH) sources.
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Pakistan reports another polio case, total tally climbs to 22
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The most recent case involved a 30-month-old boy from Pishin, Balochistan, Dawn reported.
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17 health workers killed this year as Pakistan's Polio eradication efforts
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Pakistan's battle against the poliovirus has not only been hindered by logistical and societal challenges but has also been marked by a loss of life.
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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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Pakistan's battle with polio eradication: Infant succumbs in Balochistan,
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The latest polio victim is an 11-month-old infant from Qila in Balochistan who has succumbed to paralysis caused by the wild poliovirus. The child from Qila who displayed symptoms of paralysis on July 17, is among the five cases detected in the district.
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Israel facilitating vaccinations after polio found in Gaza sewage
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The Israel Defence Forces added that in cooperation with international aid organizations, approximately 300,000 polio vaccines -- enough for more than one million Gaza residents -- have been brought to the Strip.
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Pakistan's fifth polio case raises concerns over surveillance lapses
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The case, which occurred on April 29 and was confirmed on June 8, highlights a significant delay of six weeks in diagnosis, indicating a notable gap in identifying and addressing poliovirus infections.
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Pakistan reports third polio case amid concerns of widespread transmission
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The latest victim, a 12-year-old girl from the Kili Malak Haqdad area of Darozai union council in Balochistan's Killa Abdullah district, succumbed to the relentless grip of polio.
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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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