Two more polio cases detected

The Newspaper's Staff Reporter Published March 12, 2020

Two more polio cases have been found in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, raising the tally for the current year to 27. — AP/File

ISLAMABAD: Two more polio cases have been found in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, raising the tally for the current year to 27.

According to an official of the National Institute of Health, a 36-month-old girl, resident of Tank district, tehsil Jandola, Union Council (UC) Khesarai, has been found infected with the virus of the crippling disease.

He said that in Balochistan, a 24-month-old boy, resident of district and tehsil Zhob, UC Badenzai, was paralysed. “The child was not administered a single dose of polio drops as his family was against the vaccine and it was purely a case of refusal,” he said.

Published in Dawn, March 12th, 2020

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Justice

Mar 12, 2020 08:59am

It is disheartening to know that Pakistan is still catching up on Polio eradication in this day and age.

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Really

Mar 12, 2020 09:11am

Nawaz Sharif had brought it down to 8 in year ended 2017. It climbed to 12 in 2018 where part of the year was under Imran. In 2019 it crossed triple digits and it is trending at the same rate in this year unfortunately. Sad that Pakistani kids have to suffer lifelong due to the incompetence of their PM

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rising star

Mar 12, 2020 11:48am

Self inflicted problems

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inam Gul

Mar 12, 2020 01:15pm

When looking at the polio, sometimes I think Corona pandemic will be good for Pakistan. It will show to the illiterate people how important vaccines are.

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Zain

Mar 12, 2020 04:25pm

@Really, What does the PM have to do with parents who are refusing the drops? “The child was not administered a single dose of polio drops as his family was against the vaccine and it was purely a case of refusal,” High time for people to wake up and introspect. This sort of ignorance is putting the lives of our future generations at stake.

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