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 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…
Iconic photo Polio virus has been confirmed in an environmental sample from Rawalpindi. The Caretaker Health Minister requested the parents to support the fight against polio. Caretaker Health Minister says that the most sensitive polio surveillance system is established in Pakistan. This is the second positive weather pattern from Rawalpindi this year. Earlier in July,…
The last case of polio virus in Peshawar was reported in 2020. The presence of poliovirus 1 was confirmed in the environmental samples of Peshawar. According to federal officials, polio virus has been found in environmental samples for the fourth time this year in Peshawar. According to officials, the polio virus found in Peshawar is…
—File photo The presence of polio virus has been confirmed in the environmental samples of different districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Coordinator Emergency Operation Center Muhammad Asif has said that after the confirmation of polio virus, anti-polio campaign will be started in 7 districts. The anti-polio campaign will be conducted in Peshawar, Nowshera, Mohmand, Hangu, Khyber,…
File photo Environmental samples of poliovirus type 1 have been confirmed in Karachi. According to the spokesman of the health department, the polio virus type one has been confirmed by the Pakistan National Polio Laboratory. In this regard, the spokesperson says that polio virus has been detected at Sohrab Goth in Eastern District, the environmental…
File photo Polio virus has been confirmed in the environmental samples of two cities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to the National Institute of Health, wild polio virus 1 was confirmed in the sewage water of Peshawar and Hangu. Sewage samples from Peshawar and Hangu were taken in April 2023. Federal officials say that the polio…
—File photo Polio virus has been confirmed in sewage samples in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh. The National Institute of Health has confirmed wild poliovirus 1 in a sewage sample from Dera Ismail Khan. Polio virus was found in the sewage samples taken from DI Khan’s Parwa area on February 21. According to the National Institute…
The National Institute of Health has confirmed poliovirus for the second time in the environmental samples of Lahore. According to the National Institute of Health, Islamabad, on January 16, polio virus was found in the sewage water in the Multan Road area. The polio virus found in sewage water came from South Waziristan. Earlier on…
