After two-and-a-half years in Hyderabad, polio virus has been confirmed in an environmental sample, after which the anti-polio campaign in the district has been extended for two more days. According to District Health Officer Dr Lala Jaffer, the virus was confirmed through an environmental sample taken from the Qasimabad pumping station. He added that on…
In Hyderabad, polio virus has been confirmed in environmental samples after two and a half years. The District Health Officer says that the anti-polio campaign in Hyderabad has been extended for another 2 days. According to the District Health Officer, the virus was confirmed in the sample taken from the Qasimabad pumping station, on November…
PMA advised to conduct campaign through media for public awareness. The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) expressed concern over the increase in positive environmental samples of polio and said that if responsibility is not realized, more cases will be reported, more sanctions will be faced at the global level. According to the PMA, 11 new samples…
File photo Polio virus has been confirmed in the environmental samples of eleven districts of the country. According to the federal authorities, the polio virus has been confirmed once again in the environmental samples of Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Sindh. Polio virus was found in environmental samples from four different areas of Chaman Pishin…
Polio virus has been confirmed in environmental samples of 4 districts of Pakistan. According to caretaker health minister Nadeem Jan, the virus found in all the samples is related to the polio virus cluster in Afghanistan. The Caretaker Health Minister says that 43 positive environmental samples have been reported in Pakistan so far, which is…
—File photo Polio virus has been confirmed once again in the environmental samples of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. According to the federal authorities, the polio virus has been confirmed in the sewage water of Peshawar’s Shaheen Muslim Town. Polio virus has been found in 13 environmental samples in Peshawar so far this year. According to…
—File photo The crippling polio virus continues to spread in Pakistan. Polio virus has been confirmed in 1 environmental sample from Karachi and 1 from Peshawar. Polio virus has been confirmed in 1, 1 and 2 samples from East and Central districts of Karachi. According to the health department, polio virus has also been confirmed…
—File photo Polio virus has been confirmed once again in the environmental samples of different cities of Pakistan. According to officials, polio has been confirmed in 2 environmental samples from Hangu city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 1 from Karachi. Polio virus has been confirmed in samples taken from Hangu Civil Hospital and Jani Chowk. Officials…
The UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) official Patron of the Oceans, Mr. Pugh explained that he’d undertaken the marathon swim ending at the tip of Manhattan, to emphasise the urgent need to protect the world’s waterways ahead of the UN’s landmark High Seas Treaty and Climate Ambition Summit next week. Sporting his UNEP swim cap, Mr. Pugh…
—File photo Polio virus has been confirmed in the environmental samples of two major cities of the country, Karachi and Peshawar. According to the spokesperson of the Ministry of Health, the detection of polio virus in environmental samples is alarming, the virus is genetically similar to the virus found in Afghanistan. Caretaker Federal Health Minister…
