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Rising polio risk in Afghanistan as migrants return from Pakistan, warns W
Updated : 2 years, 3 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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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, 5 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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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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Polio remains a public health emergency of international concern: WHO
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The World Health Organization in a report said that the risk of the international spread of poliovirus still remains a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).
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WHO extends travel restrictions on Pakistan for another 3 months
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The decision was made during a meeting of the World Health Organisation (WHO)-convened Emergency Committee for the 2005 International Health Regulations, which monitors the spread of the poliovirus worldwide.
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WHO announces 37 sites testing sewage for polio amid rising cases
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The World Health Organization (WHO) said that it has 37 sites across Afghanistan to collect sewage samples and check for the presence of poliovirus in the community, reported TOLOnews.
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Afghanistan reports third Polio case of 2023
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
A new polio case from the Nazyan district of Nangarhar province has been reported, affecting a 30-month-old male child.
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Pakistan: This year's 15th case of wild poliovirus detected in North Wazir
Updated : 3 years, 7 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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