A two-year-old child was disabled by polio in Quetta’s Gunj Bypass area. According to officials, five children have been affected by polio in Pakistan, four in Balochistan and one child in Sindh. Experts say that in view of the spread of polio virus, new cases are likely to emerge from across the country. The anti-polio…
File photo Due to heatwave, the postponed polio campaign in 6 districts of Balochistan has started from today. Dera Bugti, Jafarabad, Awsta Mohammad, Sahabpur, Sibi, Naseerabad were feared to be affected by the heat wave. The anti-polio campaign in 14 districts of Balochistan, including Quetta, continues on the sixth day. Polio teams are going door-to-door…
File photo Polio virus continues to spread in Pakistan, polio virus has been confirmed in environmental samples of 12 districts including two new districts Dera Ismail Khan and Bahawalpur. In Sindh, poliovirus has been reconfirmed in environmental samples from Mirpurkhas, Karachi South, East and Korangi. Polio virus has been confirmed in environmental samples from Lakki…
File photo The head of Pakistan Polio Program, Dr Shahzad Baig, has resigned. Dr. Shahzad Baig has said that he is resigning from the post of National Coordinator for Polio due to personal reasons. According to reports, the government had decided to bring government officials for the polio program a few days ago. Dr. Shahzad…
Photo file Another case of polio virus has come to light in Pakistan, polio virus has been found in a 12-year-old girl in Tehsil Darozai of Qila Abdullah district of Balochistan. Officials have confirmed the presence of polio virus in the girl, 3 children have been infected by the police in Pakistan this year. According…
First positive sample of polio virus comes from Mirpur Khas: file photo It has been revealed that there is polio virus in the dirty water of Mirpur Khas city of Sindh province. The Sindh Health Department says that on April 2, water samples from the Mirpur Khas drainage canal were sent to the National Institute…
Polio virus infection Polio virus has been confirmed for the first time in the environmental samples of Karachi District South and Mirpurkhas. According to the authorities, in April, the virus was confirmed in the environmental samples of 10 districts across the country, including the environmental samples of Kemari district Karachi, Hyderabad, Jamshoro. According to officials,…
—File photo Anti-polio campaign in 3 tehsils of Bajaur has been postponed due to security concerns. Anti-polio campaign in Navgai, Loi Mamond and Wada Mamond has been postponed. On Tuesday, a police officer posted on security duty of the anti-polio team was killed by gunmen. setTimeout(function(){ !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version=’2.0′; n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,’script’, ‘https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js’); fbq(‘init’,…
In Hyderabad, fines and jail sentences have been announced for parents who refuse to give their children polio vaccine. According to the notification, the refusing parents will face 1 month imprisonment and a fine of 50 thousand rupees. The Deputy Commissioner of Hyderabad says that it is mandatory to give polio drops to children. Today…
—File photo The special anti-polio campaign in 11 districts of Balochistan is continuing on the last day as well. EOC officials say that more than 95% of the target has been achieved in the anti-polio campaign. Officials have said that a target of 889,000 children has been set for polio vaccination. EOC officials say that…
