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Pakistan's polio tally reaches 43 with latest case in Balochistan
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Pakistan has reported a new polio case in Balochistan's Chagai district, raising the country's total number of cases this year to 43, as per data from the Pakistan Polio Eradication Programme.
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Pakistan reports another polio case, total tally climbs to 22
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The most recent case involved a 30-month-old boy from Pishin, Balochistan, Dawn reported.
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Pakistan: Islamabad reports first Polio case in 16 Years, triggers alarm
Updated : 1 year, 9 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, 9 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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Pakistan: 28 sewage samples test positive for wild poliovirus
Updated : 2 years, 4 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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Pakistan: Four samples collected from four cities tests positive for Wild
Updated : 2 years, 7 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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Pakistan: Poliovirus samples collected from Peshawar, Dera Bugti test posi
Updated : 2 years, 8 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, 9 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, 9 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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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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