KARACHI, May 28: Another polio case has been detected in Karachi, raising the total number of polio cases in Sindh this year to 12.

Six-month-old Ehsan is the son of Ubaidullah, a resident of union council-9, SITE Town, who has recently migrated to Karachi with his family from Waziristan.

Speaking to Dawn, Dr Mazhar Khamesani, EPI, Sindh, said that it was the fourth polio case in Karachi this year.

“The infant has never received polio drops and the family has arrived from Waziristan about two weeks ago,” he said, adding that Pakistan had reported 43 cases of polio this year.

Pakistan has the highest prevalence rate of polio in the world.