Three polio cases found

Published October 24, 2014

ISLAMABAD: Three more polio cases were confirmed by the Polio Virology Laboratory at the National Institute of Health on Thursday, bringing the total number of cases reported in the country this year to 220.

According to an official of the Ministry of National Health Services, two cases were reported in Sindh and one in Balochistan.

Two of the new patients are residents of Orangi Town in Karachi and the third child belongs to Zhob in Balochistan.

Published in Dawn, October 24th, 2014

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