Five polio cases confirmed
ISLAMABAD: Five new cases of polio have been confirmed by the Polio Virology Laboratory at the National Institute of Health, official sources said.
An official associated with the Prime Minister’s Monitoring and Coordination Cell for Polio said two cases had been reported from Federally Administered Tribal Areas, two from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and one from Balochistan.
Twenty-four-month-old Jan Said, son of Jandar Khan, is facing onset of paralysis. The baby lives in Milward area near village Karrap in tehsil Bara of Khyber Agency.
Other polio patients are as follows. Sixteen-month-old Hamid, son of Mirtaj, is a resident of Kito Par Hassan Khel near village Noor Khel Hassan Khel Spin Wam in tehsil Mirali of North Waziristan Agency.
Fifteen-month-old Marwan, son of Mohammad Wali, belongs to union council of village Jando Khel in tehsil Bannu. One-year-old Shaukatullah, son of Aftab Mehsud, lives in UC Garra Baloch near village Wazirabad in tehsil Tank.
The fifth victim of the crippling disease is 12-month-old Gul Mohammad, son of Abdul Nabi. He belongs to UC 13 D, village Ganj Bosa Mandi, Eastern Bypass in Quetta district.
Published in Dawn, September 11th, 2014