ISLAMABAD: With the confirmation of four more polio cases by the Polio Virology Laboratory at the National Institute of Health on Wednesday, the figure climbed to 231.

An official of the Ministry of National Health Services said that two cases each had been reported from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Federally Administered Tribal Areas.

“Two cases have been reported from Peshawar and two from Khyber Agency,” he said.

Published in Dawn, October 30th , 2014

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